"The Tipping Point" is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released as a single in October 2021.
[1] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Orzabal stated that "The song itself was built out of a 'haunting backing track idea' created by the band's co-producer and longtime touring member Charlton Pettus.
"He blended a couple of trademark themes, twisted the time signature and left me to sort out the rest."
meaning, will you ever know when a person has crossed that threshold from life to death when you cannot even perceive that 'vague and distant void' as it's described in the lyric.
I have to admit that even in March 2016 when I was read the riot act by doctors about Caroline possibly not making it through the weekend, I was still in denial.