"
'cause we've been waiting for you
Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
Of your afterlife here - so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway
This peace on earth's not right
He's in the Afterlife but not for eternity. Apparently, he's kind of experiencing it. Maybe he is suffering from a coma, and he "died". The choice has been given to him that he'll die and remain in the Afterlife or return to his life. But one day, Death will come to him anyway and end up in the Afterlife.