As with most Iris songs, I'd venture that this is about a relationship, one that was ended but not by the speaker. Maybe they kept a friendship, or some sort of relationship (maybe a business one?) and he finds himself falling in to old habbits. Inside his head he constantly has to fight his desire and his fear. Doing nothing is killing him, but doing something and failing could be even worse. The end is especially powerful, "and in your place, no new instructions sent / got no plans for where I'm going / no memory where I've been" Now that she isn't as involved with him, he feels entirely lost and helpless, just continuing forward because thats the way everybody else is going, but not exactly sure of himself. He doesn't even remember how he got here or why things have worked out in such a way. Most importantly, though, is the question of "who will there be waiting when this silence follows" Not only is he asking who he will have to stand beside, but he is scared about who he himself will be when the ordeal passes.
As with most Iris songs, I'd venture that this is about a relationship, one that was ended but not by the speaker. Maybe they kept a friendship, or some sort of relationship (maybe a business one?) and he finds himself falling in to old habbits. Inside his head he constantly has to fight his desire and his fear. Doing nothing is killing him, but doing something and failing could be even worse. The end is especially powerful, "and in your place, no new instructions sent / got no plans for where I'm going / no memory where I've been" Now that she isn't as involved with him, he feels entirely lost and helpless, just continuing forward because thats the way everybody else is going, but not exactly sure of himself. He doesn't even remember how he got here or why things have worked out in such a way. Most importantly, though, is the question of "who will there be waiting when this silence follows" Not only is he asking who he will have to stand beside, but he is scared about who he himself will be when the ordeal passes.