Madness string 93233

Random mermaid
Now I'm old and I'm rusty, my troubles like sand on a beach, they can't be calculated. I always have waited for something just out of reach. And I to myself am a stranger, my heart is an island of lead, my world is resounding with miseries abounding. There's only one thing to be said.

What was their reasoning for the bed in the kitchen? What possible function could it serve? That truly baffles me.