Seems more to me that this is a song about the Greek/Roman underworld. "The fisherman" is Charon, and the "empty people" are the dead entering the underworld. The references to time and the burning sky are descriptions of what it's like to inhabit the underworld.
Seems more to me that this is a song about the Greek/Roman underworld. "The fisherman" is Charon, and the "empty people" are the dead entering the underworld. The references to time and the burning sky are descriptions of what it's like to inhabit the underworld.