Bright Eyes (Joseph McManners)

I was just listening to Bright Eyes by Joseph McManners, and wondering what it was about. My conclusion is that it must be about someone dying. What do you think?

BRIGHT EYES

Is it a kind of a dream
Floating out on the tide
Following the river of death downstream
Oh, is it a dream?

There's a fog along the horizon
A strange glow in the sky
And nobody seems to know where you go
And what does it mean?
Oh, is it a dream?

Bright eyes
Burning like fire
Bright eyes
How can you close and fail?
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale?
Bright eyes

Is it a kind of shadow
Reaching into the night
Wandering over the hills unseen
Or is it a dream?

There's a high wind in the trees
A cold sound in the air
And nobody ever knows when you go
And where do you start
Oh, into the dark

Bright eyes
Burning like fire
Bright eyes
How can you close and fail?
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale?
Bright eyes

Bright eyes
Burning like fire
Bright eyes
How can you close and fail?
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale?
Bright eyes
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yes it seems that someone is going to die and describes a weird atmosphere around him/her..

i think its about how this person cannot believe that such a great person can just die like that

or that he just cant believe that that person died, and how, and kind of what death is and where that dead person is.