Lyric discussion by xsublime 

Minor correction: Up on melancholy hill Sits a manatee

My favorite song off the album!

I guess this song is fantasizing about being with the person you like, since he talks about 'looking out on the day of another dream' and the plastic tree. Is the manatee supposed to mean anything though? In Native American symbolism, the manatee symbolizes trust.

The manatee doesn't mean anything, because there is no manatee. The line is "plastic tree"

I think he means the beginning of the last verse, that's "manatee".

SunnyD, according to the official lyrics book from iTunes, you are wrong.

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