I think it means being lost all throughout life, wandering aimlessly and feeling frustrated by not getting anywhere. "Crush snow on my face / feels like burning" -- tell me how lost I am and it hurts me. "I can't see an end -- salvation anywhere" -- Chan can't see an end to such a lost life. "Think I'll wait here if he comes he comes down the river" -- Chan is waiting until natural death saves her.
I think it means being lost all throughout life, wandering aimlessly and feeling frustrated by not getting anywhere. "Crush snow on my face / feels like burning" -- tell me how lost I am and it hurts me. "I can't see an end -- salvation anywhere" -- Chan can't see an end to such a lost life. "Think I'll wait here if he comes he comes down the river" -- Chan is waiting until natural death saves her.