When I was writing "Tales of a Melancholic" I was working on a lot of song ideas and chord progressions. I had three songs left to write Bitter Pill was pretty much done and one day I decided I wanted to write a song called Insomnia. I took a day to build the story in my head. Insomnia is about losing something, looking back and realising what you have lost and not being able to get over it. I always have a scene in my head when I write a song like it could be in a film. One of the chord progressions I was working on then became the chorus and I started singing "Say you'll be here tonight, cause there's been too much plaguing my mind�" The chorus is about wanting to talk things over and to get closure so you can move on.

Part of the first verse then came to me. The first verse is about being stuck in a good memory but in reality it's not like that anymore. I was getting writers block so I decided to watch some TV and after that I finished Bitter Pill and nearly finished Angst. The next day I sang the chorus for Insomnia with my guitar and I went into the bridge and started singing 'I can't tell you I can't tell you what I really want to say�' The bridge is about not having the courage to say what you want to say. I finished writing the rest of the song that day which was awesome and a relief. The second verse is about wondering how you got to this place and starting to get over things. The end of the song is about not having courage and walking away.

I always write the basis of my songs first and then I write all the riffs once everything else is recorded. When I was in the studio with my producer Justin Hill he put some delay on my guitar and I was playing a couple ideas and then the main riff came out. I love moments like that studio magic does exist. The main riff at the beginning brings the drama and helps the song to build and the riff at the end adds to the drama of whats going to happen oh she gave in.