That song has more than one interpretation because the lyrics aren't all menacing, and neither is the music. I looked them up. Here's one part that's not menacing at all:
Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying, "Baby, baby, please"
A lot of us know exactly how that feels. That's not psychotic, it's just human. And "you belong to me" could be meant like "we belong together", as opposed to "if I can't have you no one will". When I was a kid I always pictured a guy who had lost the love of his life but still had to see her every day, and couldn't help being painfully aware of everything she did, but also held out hope they would get back together.
Apparently Sting himself has said it was an attempt to get inside the mind of a stalker, he even pictured a guy using high tech gadgets to spy on his ex, Big Brother style. I'm just saying you could give it another interpretation, especially the way it's sung. If Metallica had done the same song, with the same lyrics, that probably wouldn't be the case though. The dark menacing tone would be too blatant to deny. What made this song perfect for the scene was precisely the fact that you CAN look at it two different ways.
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