Lyric discussion by Temple of the Dog 

Eh.. All right, here's the REAL meaning behind this song. This is in fact discussed during one of the audio interviews on disc 4 of Alice's Music Bank box set. On the interview, a guy asks Alice what was the meaning behind "Man in the Box". Jerry then goes on to explain how bizarre<sp?> the song sounded when it was written. He explains that it's about a veal being buried in it's own shit, raised in this box, and not seeing anything in the world, only what it's fed.

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