I think there is an effort to try very hard to give "bigger meaning" to this song when Jon is speaking very simply. No matter our theology or beliefs, the reality of death, literal death, is dismal and difficult. That is why we mourn and grieve. Most of our life is spent in numbness to this and the singer seems to encounter someone who is wide awake to the substance of dying. I don't think there is hidden meaning in it. The fact that we are seeking that here is further evidence of our desire to dodge death and the pain it brings.
I think there is an effort to try very hard to give "bigger meaning" to this song when Jon is speaking very simply. No matter our theology or beliefs, the reality of death, literal death, is dismal and difficult. That is why we mourn and grieve. Most of our life is spent in numbness to this and the singer seems to encounter someone who is wide awake to the substance of dying. I don't think there is hidden meaning in it. The fact that we are seeking that here is further evidence of our desire to dodge death and the pain it brings.