anonymous November 3rd, 2009 08:35PM  
I hear this song was about Richard Ashcroft of The Verve ... but I'm going to try to interpret this song.

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"Here's a thought for every man
Who tries to understand what is in his hands
(What's in his hands)
He walks along the open road of love and life
Surviving if he can
(Surviving if he can)"

-- The first 2 lines probably of someone trying to understand what they have (ex. Life). Maybe he has a hard time with love & has trouble with his life; in other words has many problems living his life.

"Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say
Chained to all the places that he never wished to stay
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say
As he faced the sun he cast no shadow"

-- First 3 lines, he wants to say something to someone, but can't & regrets not being able to have said what he wanted, now he is stuck where he doesn't want to be. And doesn't cast a shadow, possibly his "soul" has been taken from him. In other words, he's depressed.

"As they took his soul they stole his pride (pride)"

-- As mentioned before, they took his soul ... at the same time stole his pride (def. a feeling of self-respect and personal worth). Now he is lifeless & depressed.


Cool. Awesome song about whom ever; basically the song is about something happening that lead to his/her life being depressed, and that is how he/she has been left .. "casting no shadow".