In my opinion this is written from the perspective of someone who is in a relationship but they are too preoccupied with their misery, too withdrawn in their own world to allow the other person to become anything more than a stranger. I think most of Ians lyrics are about himself so this probably refers to his relationship with Debby. And this line:" Get weak all the time, may just pass the time" refers to giving in to the tempation of infidelity.
In my opinion this is written from the perspective of someone who is in a relationship but they are too preoccupied with their misery, too withdrawn in their own world to allow the other person to become anything more than a stranger. I think most of Ians lyrics are about himself so this probably refers to his relationship with Debby. And this line:" Get weak all the time, may just pass the time" refers to giving in to the tempation of infidelity.