Depreston

This song is only half about the first-person view. It’s also about reflecting on your own older years, life, experiences.

This song is truly about realizing you’re aging and picturing what you’ll be like when you need a “shower bar”

“I wonder what she bought it for” doesn’t refer to money, it’s about what choices and sacrifices she suffered

This is one of the most empathetic songs I’ve ever heard. Author can almost feel themselves in the previous homeowner/departed’s situation.

It starts out with a depressed narrator. Reluctant to go even for a car ride, much less far outside town. Depressed about everything, including suburban life. Change of scenery hasnt’t helped.

By the end of the song, it’s gone from a hopeless lamentation to a wishful/hopeful mood and lyrics

Perhaps the woman who own the home before here was an inspiration. Kept a nice garden. Maybe she lived alone. (A whole new story)

Seeing the handrail in the shower is a very real sign of aging, frailty.

The storyline’s buyer is picturing their own future, aging, being alone, body deteriorating. This becomes existential.