A mother trying to repress her feelings of misery towards her life with her family. The line Safe As Houses is so clever. Houses are pretty safe physically and it should be a home of comfort but for this character the home is a reminder of her troubled past and present torment. So she is about as safe as houses in this situation; forgetting everything about her life but it's still there, still inside the house. Those walls and ceilings don't protect her, the Keyholes and Curtains can still be seen through.
A mother trying to repress her feelings of misery towards her life with her family. The line Safe As Houses is so clever. Houses are pretty safe physically and it should be a home of comfort but for this character the home is a reminder of her troubled past and present torment. So she is about as safe as houses in this situation; forgetting everything about her life but it's still there, still inside the house. Those walls and ceilings don't protect her, the Keyholes and Curtains can still be seen through.