I remember learning in elementary school that some cultures burn incense in houses to rid the houses of evil spirits, I think that's what he's talking about with the "burnt sage..." lines.
I also feel like this song, as well as a lot of the rest of the album, is talking about heaven or what else there might be after life. And here, when he talks about the hologram woman melting, he says he'd follow her if he was sure of where she was going. That's a reason many people choose to follow religion as it is, a sense of knowing what happens when we die. So I think it's partially about a fear of dying, or just the general uncertainty about death.
I remember learning in elementary school that some cultures burn incense in houses to rid the houses of evil spirits, I think that's what he's talking about with the "burnt sage..." lines. I also feel like this song, as well as a lot of the rest of the album, is talking about heaven or what else there might be after life. And here, when he talks about the hologram woman melting, he says he'd follow her if he was sure of where she was going. That's a reason many people choose to follow religion as it is, a sense of knowing what happens when we die. So I think it's partially about a fear of dying, or just the general uncertainty about death.