Lyric discussion by mckyblacksheep 

Cover art for Monster Hospital lyrics by Metric

haha this song makes me think of being in like a mental hospitol. So when she says they held her arms down it refers to the restraints mental patients are put in when they start to get out o control. And the term "I fought the war, but the war won" is basically, "I tried to fight my clashing thought and tried to fight my illness, but it beat me"