I'm not always a fan of Peter's material, but this song is special. He can really hit it sometimes.
At first I thought - oh those drums ... too much reverb. But then when he switched the perspective in the middle to render daily life, then back to the ethereal, I had to acknowledge he a master musician.
Good story of your wife and mother nemo. We have just been through a huge and long event with my wife's mother's death (in contrast, hers went on for five years), which is one of the reasons we are now embarking of a six month trip through India, if we get to the airport that is.
Peter's song is beautiful, and heart-felt.
Dead already ... alas I've just about given up speaking of it, except that now, as I was so 'aware' today, the world is transparent for me, whereas in my 'previous' life, it was solid and flat.