I'm not sure, but I have a strange feeling it means this:
It's about a guy who found something or someone and doesn't exactly know what to think what to feel. She stayed a little long 'to make a point' yet he never found out if it could be real or she was hesitant to let him know for sure. He has this feeling of always being alone, he's bummed yet pretends to hide behind an illusion of being fine...he's not
The drug reference is only as important as saying that what is going through his head is heavy to deal with a little something could help take the edge off, because after that I see little reference to drugs anywhere else.
He is caught with the burning restlessness of what this girl is doing, he wants her she wants him, but it's like shes leaving, or he is and he can't take it.
"I took it like a grown man crying on the pavement
Hoping you would show your face" right there explains it easily.
Honestly think of a girl you met or a guy whatever your fancy and remember finding someone and feeling something special but having it have to end? He got attached, he fell in love and maybe he is finding it is not mutual or it is but half has to go and he will probably never have what he has with her or had with her again.
The next part was talking about their last night...on the way home is she okay...like a guy always asks. Yet all he wanted to do is just hear her voice. That is a sign of fear of loss, like he may never hear it again. A girls voice...just conversation affects a man greater than anyone would ever admit.
He can't sleep, he wants her, that selfishness he refers to is real. Think about how you act when you are about to loose something or never find out if you never had it...you want it even more...his heart is really heavy he is hurt. He is sober because of the feeling. Now it is over, the curtains I feel resemble the expression on her face more than clothes. It's like the last meeting is awkward, she needs to leave he wants her to stay she wishes she could but if they get caught up...it becomes even worse for both emotionally.
"Back when my thoughts weren't entirely intact"
He longs for feeling like he did. thoughts are never intact when you find love or affection.
The end is tough one to prove it is more than a death of someone...again the whole song can be about a woman he was in love with and suddenly she dies, but I think that is the metaphor for what I've been saying. I think here is where he talks about wanting this relationship, instead he is given that but in a different manor. Angels are fine but to have one someone has got to die. Same Idea, to have love he has to realize that that what he has or had may be just what it was...there was the love and he may never have it again. The baby crying in the stomach is like the realizing that the fantasy of a more serious relationship is gone, she would not be the mother of his child.
"And I felt love again"
I think the last line is resolve, finally being able to deal with that space or it is the final kiss.
So that is the way I see it, but I am only giving a interpretation of the song because that is how I read it.
His father is religious. He was a preacher. I think it's evident by the reveling nature of both Manchester's songs and Right Away, Great Captain's songs that Andy is on some kind of fence with his faith. So drugs, sex and rock n' roll aren't exactly ruled out by religion. "
His father is religious. He was a preacher. I think it's evident by the reveling nature of both Manchester's songs and Right Away, Great Captain's songs that Andy is on some kind of fence with his faith. So drugs, sex and rock n' roll aren't exactly ruled out by religion. "
"I'm the only son of a pastor who does the things i do..." - ANDY HULL
"I'm the only son of a pastor who does the things i do..." - ANDY HULL
I totally get what you're saying here. I agree with your interpretation most. I think the first few versus are about how he finds out she has cheated, then she stays to try to fix things which only makes it worse. Like she is taunting him. He isn't going to forget, even though times were good in the past. Which explains the "manna" reference.
I totally get what you're saying here. I agree with your interpretation most. I think the first few versus are about how he finds out she has cheated, then she stays to try to fix things which only makes it worse. Like she is taunting him. He isn't going to forget, even though times were good in the past. Which explains the "manna" reference.
He knows it is going to end and he is realizing how he ignored all the signs because he became complacent. He didn't want to ackowledge what was happening because he would be forced to deal with it. Later looking back on the relationship he realizes that even though everything they had fell apart, he still loves her.
I'm not sure, but I have a strange feeling it means this:
It's about a guy who found something or someone and doesn't exactly know what to think what to feel. She stayed a little long 'to make a point' yet he never found out if it could be real or she was hesitant to let him know for sure. He has this feeling of always being alone, he's bummed yet pretends to hide behind an illusion of being fine...he's not
The drug reference is only as important as saying that what is going through his head is heavy to deal with a little something could help take the edge off, because after that I see little reference to drugs anywhere else.
He is caught with the burning restlessness of what this girl is doing, he wants her she wants him, but it's like shes leaving, or he is and he can't take it.
"I took it like a grown man crying on the pavement Hoping you would show your face" right there explains it easily. Honestly think of a girl you met or a guy whatever your fancy and remember finding someone and feeling something special but having it have to end? He got attached, he fell in love and maybe he is finding it is not mutual or it is but half has to go and he will probably never have what he has with her or had with her again.
The next part was talking about their last night...on the way home is she okay...like a guy always asks. Yet all he wanted to do is just hear her voice. That is a sign of fear of loss, like he may never hear it again. A girls voice...just conversation affects a man greater than anyone would ever admit. He can't sleep, he wants her, that selfishness he refers to is real. Think about how you act when you are about to loose something or never find out if you never had it...you want it even more...his heart is really heavy he is hurt. He is sober because of the feeling. Now it is over, the curtains I feel resemble the expression on her face more than clothes. It's like the last meeting is awkward, she needs to leave he wants her to stay she wishes she could but if they get caught up...it becomes even worse for both emotionally. "Back when my thoughts weren't entirely intact" He longs for feeling like he did. thoughts are never intact when you find love or affection.
The end is tough one to prove it is more than a death of someone...again the whole song can be about a woman he was in love with and suddenly she dies, but I think that is the metaphor for what I've been saying. I think here is where he talks about wanting this relationship, instead he is given that but in a different manor. Angels are fine but to have one someone has got to die. Same Idea, to have love he has to realize that that what he has or had may be just what it was...there was the love and he may never have it again. The baby crying in the stomach is like the realizing that the fantasy of a more serious relationship is gone, she would not be the mother of his child.
"And I felt love again" I think the last line is resolve, finally being able to deal with that space or it is the final kiss.
So that is the way I see it, but I am only giving a interpretation of the song because that is how I read it.
His father is religious. He was a preacher. I think it's evident by the reveling nature of both Manchester's songs and Right Away, Great Captain's songs that Andy is on some kind of fence with his faith. So drugs, sex and rock n' roll aren't exactly ruled out by religion. "
His father is religious. He was a preacher. I think it's evident by the reveling nature of both Manchester's songs and Right Away, Great Captain's songs that Andy is on some kind of fence with his faith. So drugs, sex and rock n' roll aren't exactly ruled out by religion. "
"I'm the only son of a pastor who does the things i do..." - ANDY HULL
"I'm the only son of a pastor who does the things i do..." - ANDY HULL
I totally get what you're saying here. I agree with your interpretation most. I think the first few versus are about how he finds out she has cheated, then she stays to try to fix things which only makes it worse. Like she is taunting him. He isn't going to forget, even though times were good in the past. Which explains the "manna" reference.
I totally get what you're saying here. I agree with your interpretation most. I think the first few versus are about how he finds out she has cheated, then she stays to try to fix things which only makes it worse. Like she is taunting him. He isn't going to forget, even though times were good in the past. Which explains the "manna" reference.
He knows it is going to end and he is realizing how he ignored all the signs because he became complacent. He didn't want to ackowledge what was happening because he would be forced to deal with it. Later looking back on the relationship he realizes that even though everything they had fell apart, he still loves her.