Franz Ferdinand: Walk Away Meaning

Walk Away Lyrics
Said 'I'm strong now I know that I'm a leader'
I love the sound of you walking away, you walking away
Mascara bleeds a blackened tear
Oh, and I am cold, yes I'm cold, but not as...
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He loves her, but defiantly tries to convince himself and her, that he cares not if she walks away, and that despite her great beauty and egotism, her departure is really not that big a deal and the world won't notice, nor care. But later, even though he is trying not to be a believer (or sucker) in true love, he admits that her walking away is a big deal, and the evil of hate has conned him out of happiness.
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Though some of the direct words are directly assuming, to.compare a girls "stillettos" to Hitler and Stalin are just absurd and completely ruin the entire song by direct disrespect for *real* tradgedy. Oh, but maybe he meant stillettos at a Holocaust Museum where piles upon piles of shoes from the dead are encased by glass and a little plaque with a memorandum and tid-bits of History. Sorry, I just can't take it lightly or see how the metaphor compares.
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I think its about someone he wants to leave but can't cause he is a good person and he might forgive her.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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