While I agree with jlbrpt to some extent, another
take on this song I'd head was that it's about elderly people (possibley with Alzheimer's) abandoned in a rest home to die.
In which case, I suppose the first verse would be about the various "nutty" things an old person could do that would get them sent to a rest home.
After that, we are given the image of trapped, shambling beings...shadows of their former selves who live in memories of the past.
While I agree with jlbrpt to some extent, another take on this song I'd head was that it's about elderly people (possibley with Alzheimer's) abandoned in a rest home to die.
In which case, I suppose the first verse would be about the various "nutty" things an old person could do that would get them sent to a rest home.
After that, we are given the image of trapped, shambling beings...shadows of their former selves who live in memories of the past.