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Particle man, particle man
Doing the things a particle can
What's he like? It's not important
Particle man
Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows, Particle man
Triangle man, Triangle man
Triangle man hates particle man
They have a fight, Triangle wins
Triangle man
Universe man, Universe man
Size of the entire universe man
Usually kind to smaller man
Universe man
He's got a watch with a minute hand,
Millennium hand and an eon hand
When they meet it's a happy land
Powerful man, universe man
Person man, person man
Hit on the head with a frying pan
Lives his life in a garbage can
Person man
Is he depressed or is he a mess?
Does he feel totally worthless?
Who came up with person man?
Degraded man, person man
Triangle man, triangle man
Triangle man hates person man
They have a fight, triangle wins
Triangle man
Doing the things a particle can
What's he like? It's not important
Particle man
Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows, Particle man
Triangle man, Triangle man
Triangle man hates particle man
They have a fight, Triangle wins
Triangle man
Universe man, Universe man
Size of the entire universe man
Usually kind to smaller man
Universe man
He's got a watch with a minute hand,
Millennium hand and an eon hand
When they meet it's a happy land
Powerful man, universe man
Person man, person man
Hit on the head with a frying pan
Lives his life in a garbage can
Person man
Is he depressed or is he a mess?
Does he feel totally worthless?
Who came up with person man?
Degraded man, person man
Triangle man, triangle man
Triangle man hates person man
They have a fight, triangle wins
Triangle man
Lyrics submitted by Irrational
Track duration: 01:56
"Particle Man" as written by John S./flansburgh Linnell
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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The triangle is one of the oldest sacred symbols in human history. Here, Triangle Man represents the Illuminati, a global elitist cult who orchestrated the arms races and the wars of the 20th century. During WWII, all corporate-backed governments researched fission and atom smashing. They build the bomb. Triangle wins. Triangle man.
Universe man is the Creator, the conscious life behind the universe. The creator loves particle man, and indeed love is what binds our universe together. This is consistent with mystical teachings throughout history from St. John of the Cross to the Dali Llama. When the Minute hand, Millennium hand, and Eon hand line up, it's a "Happy Land", a new age.
Person man, person man, hit on the head with a class war. "Common man" represents 95% of the world's population and rising. The global elite have forced them all to live in garbage cans. Now with total control, there is nothing to stop the Illuminati from establishing a permanent slave class. We had a class war, and Triangle won.
Triangle Man hates Person Man. This basic principle, when understood, can explain many of the inequities and atrocities of the past century on Planet Earth.
In an interview with Peter Koechley
We pretty much write these songs and let other people figure them out. I remember one thing that went into it was that we were watching Night of the Hunter or something on TV and somebody commented that Robert Mitchum reminded them of a triangle. Something about his body type. He seemed like this kind of evil triangle. That was one of the things that went into the song.
[People said that the triangle represented] the three branches of government or the holy trinity but that's not what it is at all.
Actually, "Particle Man" is a song. Any meaning gleaned from its lyrics exist only in the mind of the listener. All meanings are correct. All meanings are bunk.
Having said that, though, I must admit that our faith in particle man may not be well-founded. After all, we don't really know what he's like, but there must be something if Triangle Man hates him so. But at the same time, Triangle man hates Person Man. What could Triangle Man have against Person Man, a person that has been clubbed in the skull with a cooking utensil and now spends his days depressed and living in a garbage can? Does Particle Man also hate Person Man, or are they partners united by their hate of Triangle Man?
Also a concern is, what is Particle Man doing underwater? Just what does it mean for all of us if the water actually does get him? Would the now him water in turn get us him? Is getting him a good thing, or bad? If bad, can we recover from catching the him?
Finally, what part does Universe Man play? Whose side is he on? He's usually kind to smaller men, but if he's the size of the entire universe (man) then Particle Man, Person Man, and Triangle Man are all smaller men. He could very well be on Triangle Man's side if he allows him to simply beat up the two others, especially when one of those two has brain damage from a previous encounter with a frying pan. Such an occurrence would explain the exception identified by the use of the term 'usually'. But why would his watch need minute, millennium, and eon hands? Does his watch face still go to 12? does this mean he wishes to measure up to 12 eons? For what reason?
Fucked if I know.
"hit on the head with a frying pan"
-our heads are round, hinting what the author is talking about
"lives his life in a garbage can"
-we live our lives in our own trash
"is he depressed or is he a mess?
does he feel totally worthless?"
-welcome to the feelings experienced by almost every human. "feeling worthless" is particularly relevant to the song as it is focusing on all the perspectives of the universe. It's easy to feel worthless when we compare ourselves to universe man.
"who came up with person man?
degraded man, person man"
-once again looking at humanity's perspective on the universe. Asking who came up with person man is clearly our questioning of where we came from (ie. God)
Particle Man = represents particles, atoms, etc...kind of feel this represents science.
Triangle man = The church, religion. Putting down science. Putting down and controlling and subjugating the average person. Religion, our own construct, beats science and also beats humanity.
Universe man = The universe. Its the formulation of all time, from minutes to eons.
"He's got a watch with a minute hand
millennium hand and an eon hand
when they meet it's a happy land"
-When all of these hands meet, it will be the end of time.
I deffinately gree that there is some deeper meaning to this song, but exactly what it is is really hard to say. I really like the Watchmen theory as it does seem to fit all the areas. wheather or not this was intedned is another story, it does kind of seem far fetched that they would write a song about the Watchmen and make it SOO cryptic. But it really wouldn't surprise me either way, i mean, they wrote a song that referenced the I love Lucy movie, so why not the Watchmen? the only problem I have is that while Particle man Sounds like Dr Manhattan, ozymandius doesn't hate Dr Manhattan and surely would not win in a fight, although he does get rid of him.
again, it is really hard to decipher a meaning. Maybe it is an accumulation of a number of theories and not just one. either way, great song
I mean seriously guys, can't we just say it's a nice song and be done with it? I mean really...