I always took it as being about a woman who's husband had been away for a long time. She guessed that he'd went off with another woman but later finds out that he killed himself.
The line "this week is what he tells her to keep her on loan" suggests that he'd know for a long time that he was going to do it.
The first verse is describing her waiting around not knowing when he's coming back
The second she decides that he must have left her
The third she's gotten word that a body has been found and she realises that its more than likely her husband
I always took it as being about a woman who's husband had been away for a long time. She guessed that he'd went off with another woman but later finds out that he killed himself.
The line "this week is what he tells her to keep her on loan" suggests that he'd know for a long time that he was going to do it.
The first verse is describing her waiting around not knowing when he's coming back The second she decides that he must have left her The third she's gotten word that a body has been found and she realises that its more than likely her husband