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I could feel a hot one taking me down
For a moment, I could feel the force
Fainted to the point of tears
And you were holding on to make a point
What's the point?
I'm but a clean man, stable and alone man
Make it so I won't have to try
The faces always stay the same
So I face the fact that I'm just fine
I said that I'm just fine
I remember, head down,
After you had found out
Manna is a hell of a drug
And I need a little more, I think
Because enough is never quite enough
What's enough?
I took it like a grown man crying on the pavement
Hoping you would show your face
But I haven't heard a thing you've said
In at least a couple hundred days
What'd you say?
I was in the front seat, shaking it out
And I was asking if you felt alright
I never want to hear the truth
I want to hear your voice, it sounded fine
My voice, it sounded fine
I could feel my heartbeat taking me down
And for the moment, I would sleep alright
I'm dealing with a selfish fear
To keep me up another restless night
Another restless night
The blood was dry, it was sober
The feeling of audible cracks
And I could tell it was over
From the curtains that hung from your neck
And I realized that then you were perfect
And my teeth ripping out of my head
And it looked like a painting I once knew
Back when my thoughts weren't entirely intact
To pray for what I thought were angels
Ended up being ambulances
And the Lord showed me dreams of my daughter
She was crying inside your stomach
And I felt love again
For a moment, I could feel the force
Fainted to the point of tears
And you were holding on to make a point
What's the point?
I'm but a clean man, stable and alone man
Make it so I won't have to try
The faces always stay the same
So I face the fact that I'm just fine
I said that I'm just fine
I remember, head down,
After you had found out
Manna is a hell of a drug
And I need a little more, I think
Because enough is never quite enough
What's enough?
I took it like a grown man crying on the pavement
Hoping you would show your face
But I haven't heard a thing you've said
In at least a couple hundred days
What'd you say?
I was in the front seat, shaking it out
And I was asking if you felt alright
I never want to hear the truth
I want to hear your voice, it sounded fine
My voice, it sounded fine
I could feel my heartbeat taking me down
And for the moment, I would sleep alright
I'm dealing with a selfish fear
To keep me up another restless night
Another restless night
The blood was dry, it was sober
The feeling of audible cracks
And I could tell it was over
From the curtains that hung from your neck
And I realized that then you were perfect
And my teeth ripping out of my head
And it looked like a painting I once knew
Back when my thoughts weren't entirely intact
To pray for what I thought were angels
Ended up being ambulances
And the Lord showed me dreams of my daughter
She was crying inside your stomach
And I felt love again
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"To pray for what I thought were angels
Ended up being ambulances
And the Lord showed me dreams of my daughter
She was crying inside your stomach"
"I could tell it was over by the curtains that hung from your neck"
"I was in the front seat, shaking it out
And I was asking if you felt alright" etc.
BUT, most importantly, here's what Andy Hull had to say about the song in an interview: "The way that song is written is, in the first half I'm basically just describing touring and kind of my relationship with God and my wife. And the end is about this dream I had about us being in the van and getting sideswiped and hit by a huge truck. I dreamed my wife was pregnant at the time and I lost her. But this life was inside her, and in some weird way I was able to celebrate that there was some new life coming with one ending."
The part;
'I remember, head down, After you had found out Manna is a hell of a drug' i think that is talking about her experiences with some kind of depression and refers to 'manna' as a positive feeling or thing (as someone talked about in another comment, connecting it to the bible)
To me, the end of the song is simply about a car crash, and him not being able to come to grips with the fact she has been killed but he realizes she has died after he sees the 'curtains hanging from her neck'
which are the hospital sheets as shes being taken away.
That's a direct quote from Hull. I can't believe people really think this is about drug addiction. It's so much more intimate than that.
"The way that song is written is, in the first half I'm basically just describing touring and kind of my relationship with God and my wife," he explains. "And the end is about this dream I had about us being in the van and getting sideswiped and hit by a huge truck. I dreamed my wife was pregnant at the time and I lost her. But this life was inside her, and in some weird way I was able to celebrate that there was some new life coming with one ending."
The first interpreation I had of this song was that it was about an abortion or miscarriage. It just seems very very possible to me!!! The entire song could fit that, in my opinion. I don't even need to pull out lyrics to show that, I think most people would see what I mean.
On a completely different hand...
I listened to the song for the first time in a while after going through a breakup and it seems to link quite well to that, since our own experiences can affect the way we interpret things.
'fainted to the point of tears, you were holding on to make a point... the faces always stay the same, so I'll face the fact that I'm just fine'
'I remember head down after you had found out'
'I haven't heard a thing you've said, in at least a couple of hundred days'
'I never want to hear the truth, I want to hear your voice it sounded fine my voice it sounded fine'
'Keep me up another restless night'
'The blood was dry, it was over... I could tell it was over... I realised that you were perfect'
'It looked like a painting I once knew'
I'm not gonna analyse every word but, to me, it's just story telling and it makes perfect sense to my own life