While I agree that this song is about how no one wants to deal with the issues of mental illness, it also seems to me to be a reference to the taboo of talking about suicide in New Zealand. Or rather it is the not talking about the issues that can lead someone to be suicidal, including mental illnesses such as depression.
The media does very little coverage of suicides, usually all the clue that it was a suicide is "police are not looking for anyone in their inquiry" or something like that.
A coroner recently came out criticizing this, and stating that while the media does not need to report how the person committed suicide, there needs to be more coverage on the events leading up to people committing suicide, so that we may better help others in the same situation.
While I agree that this song is about how no one wants to deal with the issues of mental illness, it also seems to me to be a reference to the taboo of talking about suicide in New Zealand. Or rather it is the not talking about the issues that can lead someone to be suicidal, including mental illnesses such as depression.
The media does very little coverage of suicides, usually all the clue that it was a suicide is "police are not looking for anyone in their inquiry" or something like that.
A coroner recently came out criticizing this, and stating that while the media does not need to report how the person committed suicide, there needs to be more coverage on the events leading up to people committing suicide, so that we may better help others in the same situation.