considering his friend and lifelong love, kate, just recently die, im guessing the song has to do with her... 'people's faces burnt out' refers to death, and he's realizing that eventually in time all the feelings of loss and sadness will just fade away, but today, now that its on his mind, its eating away at him, but feelings dont matter anymore now that she's gone, so he just spends his time somewhere lost in his own mind, so he doesnt have to worry bout the pain
considering his friend and lifelong love, kate, just recently die, im guessing the song has to do with her... 'people's faces burnt out' refers to death, and he's realizing that eventually in time all the feelings of loss and sadness will just fade away, but today, now that its on his mind, its eating away at him, but feelings dont matter anymore now that she's gone, so he just spends his time somewhere lost in his own mind, so he doesnt have to worry bout the pain