It's clearly about the mistress wondering what's happened to her lover.
The line 'maybe it wasn't even his name' suggests that her lover isn't even the dead person, she's just thinking that it could be as it would be an explanation for his sudden disappearance from her life.
It's clearly about the mistress wondering what's happened to her lover.
The line 'maybe it wasn't even his name' suggests that her lover isn't even the dead person, she's just thinking that it could be as it would be an explanation for his sudden disappearance from her life.
It's so sad because she'll never know for sure.