This is a person dealing with the first night or two after losing a lover. It might be to death, since there seems to be a purity of emotion that one doesn't tend to get in a breakup. However, the third verse seems to show some regret at "wanting to see your tears." The first verse also points to him staying when the other leaves, with the oceans and the weight of the land keeping him here. He is starting to miss the small, concrete things - phone calls, notes on the door, sleeping next to someone, holding hands. At the same time he's coming out of shock, feeling the sadness and loss and the big feelings "without our hearts we are fearful and weak."
This is a person dealing with the first night or two after losing a lover. It might be to death, since there seems to be a purity of emotion that one doesn't tend to get in a breakup. However, the third verse seems to show some regret at "wanting to see your tears." The first verse also points to him staying when the other leaves, with the oceans and the weight of the land keeping him here. He is starting to miss the small, concrete things - phone calls, notes on the door, sleeping next to someone, holding hands. At the same time he's coming out of shock, feeling the sadness and loss and the big feelings "without our hearts we are fearful and weak."