Generally, as a kid, your parents dont tell you about death, and if someone you know dies, you're told that they went to "a better place". I imagine the speaker as a child who found about what death really meant before he was ready to know. He waited for his loved ones to reappear, or to catch one last glimpse of them, but it never came. He is feeling hurt and angry toward his deceivers, and devastated to finally know what it means when Grandma or anyone else "goes to a better place"...
Well, here's what I always thought:
Generally, as a kid, your parents dont tell you about death, and if someone you know dies, you're told that they went to "a better place". I imagine the speaker as a child who found about what death really meant before he was ready to know. He waited for his loved ones to reappear, or to catch one last glimpse of them, but it never came. He is feeling hurt and angry toward his deceivers, and devastated to finally know what it means when Grandma or anyone else "goes to a better place"...