I think this song has two parallel meanings: it describes both the danger of having mentally unstable people wandering around, as in the "Care in the Community" program in England; and also of the horror of madness, described from the point of view of madness itself. That's why the chorus says "either way you turn I'll be there". There is no escape from insanity, because it is your own mind attacking itself. A very chilling song.
I think this song has two parallel meanings: it describes both the danger of having mentally unstable people wandering around, as in the "Care in the Community" program in England; and also of the horror of madness, described from the point of view of madness itself. That's why the chorus says "either way you turn I'll be there". There is no escape from insanity, because it is your own mind attacking itself. A very chilling song.