I think beepboopbop hit it on the head about it being about trying to move on from a bad experience. I’m not sure about the mental illness angle, though, unless you’re talking about PTSD. I get a very strong vibe of someone recovering from PTSD. I picture someone who grew up in a household or maybe had a relationship where he experienced some kind of trauma— maybe physical or verbal abuse— and it plagued him for a long time after, gave him flashbacks and nightmares where he was still in it; and now years later he’s in a much better place mentally, but maybe his parents have died and left the house to him, and while it can’t hurt him anymore, he doesn’t want anything to do with it anymore. He had it cleared out, took whatever he wanted to keep, sold or scrapped everything else, and put the house up for sale. And he’s done with it. He’s already dealt with the trauma, the bad memories, he’s gotten therapy, faced his demons, and he just wants to move on.
I think beepboopbop hit it on the head about it being about trying to move on from a bad experience. I’m not sure about the mental illness angle, though, unless you’re talking about PTSD. I get a very strong vibe of someone recovering from PTSD. I picture someone who grew up in a household or maybe had a relationship where he experienced some kind of trauma— maybe physical or verbal abuse— and it plagued him for a long time after, gave him flashbacks and nightmares where he was still in it; and now years later he’s in a much better place mentally, but maybe his parents have died and left the house to him, and while it can’t hurt him anymore, he doesn’t want anything to do with it anymore. He had it cleared out, took whatever he wanted to keep, sold or scrapped everything else, and put the house up for sale. And he’s done with it. He’s already dealt with the trauma, the bad memories, he’s gotten therapy, faced his demons, and he just wants to move on.