I feel this song is about the little apocalypses that happen to all of us, like hearing that you are critically ill or that you suffer from serious mental illness. And about the experiences that come with that. Helplines that are unreachable, meaningless material possesions, the formulaic banality of medical treatment, the loss of control over your personal life when you enter hospital. And the wish to escape it all, tiptoeing away. There seems to be a female protagonist, but the song is also a comment on how society in general deals with these kind of things nowadays.
I feel this song is about the little apocalypses that happen to all of us, like hearing that you are critically ill or that you suffer from serious mental illness. And about the experiences that come with that. Helplines that are unreachable, meaningless material possesions, the formulaic banality of medical treatment, the loss of control over your personal life when you enter hospital. And the wish to escape it all, tiptoeing away. There seems to be a female protagonist, but the song is also a comment on how society in general deals with these kind of things nowadays.