Lyric discussion by starcrossd 

Cover art for Never Coming Back lyrics by Early November, The

I agree. I feel like this is Dean's mother talking about how Dean reminds her of her parents, and how she misses them: "Just to see you smile, it brings me right to them". "but you're gone and you're never coming back." I think that refers to her parents and her son. She's beginning to take responsibility for her son