I don't think this is at all like the previous poster said, nor is it a "People are pains in the ass, go away." I'd say the song is about being unable to cope with life, so you lock yourself away and bury yourself in fantasy (Michael Jackson), or art, Georgia O'Keeffe.
If it was written for a girlfriend, for example, why would you put tinfoil over the windows, or live in the desert? Without some sort of Neuroses, it's very easy to live by yourself in civilization, without completely isolating yourself in the manner of schizoids, avoidants, and addicts.
With how troubled Mr. Zevon supposedly was, it's very simple to see how this song could be about addiction, self-loathing, and inability to cope.
I don't think this is at all like the previous poster said, nor is it a "People are pains in the ass, go away." I'd say the song is about being unable to cope with life, so you lock yourself away and bury yourself in fantasy (Michael Jackson), or art, Georgia O'Keeffe.
If it was written for a girlfriend, for example, why would you put tinfoil over the windows, or live in the desert? Without some sort of Neuroses, it's very easy to live by yourself in civilization, without completely isolating yourself in the manner of schizoids, avoidants, and addicts.
With how troubled Mr. Zevon supposedly was, it's very simple to see how this song could be about addiction, self-loathing, and inability to cope.