Asylum
Asylum noun - Something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger.
Usage example: the embassy serves as an asylum for that country's nationals in need of help
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The actual song is about a metaphorical asylum, using the dual-meaning behind the word for both "mad house" and "safe haven".
Source: Bedlam House - American Horror Story Each season explores the tropes of a different horror motif (haunted house, asylum, witches) but the themes of the supernatural, psychological and body horror are constant.
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She is an asylum patient in the game After her parents burned alive in a house fire!
Source: Nightmare Sequence
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