According to Guy Capuzzo, the ostinato musically portrays "the song's obsessive lyrics, which depict the "'self-lacerating rage of an unsuccessful crush.'" For example, the "highest pitches of the ostinato form a prominent chromatic line that 'creeps' up, then down, involving scale degrees
– ♯– 
– ♭....[while] ascend[ing], the lyrics strain towards optimism...descend[ing], the subject sinks back into the throes of self-pity...The guitarist's fretting hand mirrors this contour".+
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