sounds to me like something has reminded the narrator of a love that left some time ago, and the memories are all flooding back after something triggered them. he is seeing this person coming back to him in his mind, because thats what he wants to see, even though he knows it isnt going to happen (the line "the shadow in the mist could have been anyone" tells us that there is no reason to believe this lover would be coming back.) a great, gloomy airplane song.
sounds to me like something has reminded the narrator of a love that left some time ago, and the memories are all flooding back after something triggered them. he is seeing this person coming back to him in his mind, because thats what he wants to see, even though he knows it isnt going to happen (the line "the shadow in the mist could have been anyone" tells us that there is no reason to believe this lover would be coming back.) a great, gloomy airplane song.