I feel this song is generally about childhood, or a long period of life where you are made to either be obedient or caring of someone who doesn't give you what you need in return. You waste your life giving into others needs, and when all is over, you are left with nothing. You can't move past it all because of everything you learned which have become second nature, and all the good moments you spent with those people are engrained in you. You can't move on, without letting go of these "dead memories".
I feel this song is generally about childhood, or a long period of life where you are made to either be obedient or caring of someone who doesn't give you what you need in return. You waste your life giving into others needs, and when all is over, you are left with nothing. You can't move past it all because of everything you learned which have become second nature, and all the good moments you spent with those people are engrained in you. You can't move on, without letting go of these "dead memories".