▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Har ley ▁called ▁the ▁ly ric ▁" a ▁finger - point ing ▁piece ▁of ▁ven ge ful ▁poetry . ▁It ' s ▁getting ▁off ▁my ▁ch est ▁how ▁I ▁felt ▁about ▁the ▁guys ▁splitting ▁up ▁a ▁perfectly ▁work able ▁machine . ▁I ▁wrote ▁it ▁saying ▁' Look , ▁you ' ll ▁learn ▁how ▁well ▁we ' re ▁doing ▁here , ▁we ' re ▁doing ▁well , ▁why ▁are ▁you ▁doing ▁this ? '" ▁He ▁elabor ated : ▁ ▁Har ley ▁began ▁writing ▁the ▁song ▁only ▁days ▁after ▁the ▁band ' s ▁split . ▁The ▁original ▁vision ▁for ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁vast ly ▁different ▁to ▁the ▁one ▁that ▁was ▁recorded . ▁Har ley ▁had ▁written ▁the ▁piece ▁as ▁a ▁slow ▁bl ues ▁track ▁with ▁a ▁dark ▁m ood . ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁he ▁told ▁Un cut ▁magazine ▁that ▁the ▁first ▁verse ▁was ▁probably ▁written ▁at ▁four ▁in ▁the ▁morning ▁after ▁a ▁bott le ▁of ▁br andy , ▁feeling ▁sorry ▁for ▁himself . ▁On ▁The ▁One ▁Show ▁Har ley ▁added , ▁" I ▁was ▁in ▁dist ress , ▁there ' s ▁no ▁doubt ▁at ▁all , ▁out ▁of ▁advers ity ▁I ▁had ▁to ▁talk ▁about ▁it , ▁I ▁had ▁to ▁write ▁about ▁it . ▁I ▁had ▁to ▁say ▁these ▁things , ▁I ▁had ▁to ▁get ▁it ▁off ▁my ▁ch est ." ▁ ▁In ▁One ▁Th ous and ▁UK ▁Number ▁One ▁H its ▁by ▁Jon ▁K ut ner ▁and ▁Sp encer ▁Le igh