'Lay Me Down' as a death mentality

In Sam Smith's song Lay Me Down, he explains the death of a loved one. 

"And it's hard, the days just seem so dark
The moon, and the stars, are nothing without you
Your touch, your skin, where do I begin?
No words can explain, the way I’m missing you
Deny this emptiness, this hole that I’m inside
These tears, they tell their own story"

These lyrics from the first verse show feelings of sadness, depression, and loneliness regarding the death of another. Therefore, I connect this song to the third death mentality discussed by Philippe Ariès, Your Death. Ariès is a French historian who wrote two books regarding death: Western Attitudes toward Death from the middle ages to the present (1974) and L'homme devant la mort (1977).

This death mentality is about the death of a loved one and the love we have for this person. There is mourning instead of separation, and lots of emotion is involved. This can be seen in the lyrics above, where he sings about the "this emptiness" he feels,  and how he is missing this person. There is an intolerance of the separation between him and the person who has died, as he cannot live without his loved one. 

"You told me not to cry when you were gone
But the feeling’s overwhelming, it's much too strong
Can I lay by your side, next to you, you
And make sure you’re alright
I’ll take care of you,
And I don’t want to be here if I can’t be with you tonight"

Here again, Sam Smith sings about the feeling of being overwhelmed with the person's death, and how he wants to be with this person. He feels like he does not want to live on this earth anymore if this loved one is not with him. 

The song perfectly shows the mourning and sadness that is also seen in the period of the third death mentality that Philippe Ariès explains in his literature, where the death of the other is seen as an emotional and almost unbearable period of time.