I think this song is about a rich girl living in a family with old money. The "he's a wounded animal, he lives in a matchbox" is about a little mouse or small animal she sees and compares her life to a small caged, feelingless, dying animal with the "he's a dying breed" and "she's a dying breed". She is taught to smile and nod and not actually feel anything because it would be improper for her to voice her opinion. She is supposed to sit and look pretty ("twenty years of snow") and she has no real relationships because it's almost as if she is porcelin, untouchable. "I got to get me out of here this place is full of dirty old men...with their moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes" is about the people she is surrounded by. People who have old money, and no newness in the ideas or character who could care less about the world outside of themselves (pissing on sugarcubes). She is made to read and study like a good rich young lady would and "feel the waltz" is representative of her parents pressing her to be just like them and feel what they tell her to feel.
I think this song is about a rich girl living in a family with old money. The "he's a wounded animal, he lives in a matchbox" is about a little mouse or small animal she sees and compares her life to a small caged, feelingless, dying animal with the "he's a dying breed" and "she's a dying breed". She is taught to smile and nod and not actually feel anything because it would be improper for her to voice her opinion. She is supposed to sit and look pretty ("twenty years of snow") and she has no real relationships because it's almost as if she is porcelin, untouchable. "I got to get me out of here this place is full of dirty old men...with their moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes" is about the people she is surrounded by. People who have old money, and no newness in the ideas or character who could care less about the world outside of themselves (pissing on sugarcubes). She is made to read and study like a good rich young lady would and "feel the waltz" is representative of her parents pressing her to be just like them and feel what they tell her to feel.