Also, I think this song is about the pain of a family losing their father/husband. “The shirts in the wardrobe, the shoes in the hall, the mother in the kitchen, the baby and everything else” (<><>). The new perspective he faces is that people lost their lives that day, but it doesn't stop there, because many of those people had families that will never be reunited again. These families have to deal with the fact that their lives have a huge hole now that “you are missing”. Coffee cups on the counter, jackets on the chair, documents on the doorstep, but you're not there