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Manchester Orchestra – I Was A Lid Lyrics 13 years ago
this song is connected with I can feel a hot one they are both about his relationship with god and his wife for the first part of the song and how being on tour was stressing both of his loves. And the second half is the dream he had where he crashed to tour van driving with his wife and she was pregnant and he found satisfaction at new life beginning when another ends.

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Manchester Orchestra – Alice and Interiors Lyrics 13 years ago
again as seen in the comment directly bellow somebody tries to make it about a relationship. Andy Hull is an extremely religious man from a religious family who questioned it growing up and struggled with his faith until his most recent years when he has learned to come to and accept god and the faith he has.

I swear I tried again
You’re never visible on the weekdays
When I need you to
Do what you can’t afford to do
You better watch your tone
You’re not invincible
You know I’ll do what I have to do
To stop the sound coming from you
Cause the truth is
You’re probably not as bad
As I make you out to be
To the boys and the girls
That will listen closely know
I’m the one that is sorry
You can write the coolest songs
I was wrong, I was wrong

Andy growing up trying to have satisfactions is his faith for god he was to material and needed proof but deep down he knows that its not all sham even though to his peers he may have spoken as if Christianity was a sham.

This isn’t working out
You’re only logical on Sundays
When you can follow through
Exactly what I told you to do
Please just pick up the phone
Am I invisible?
Now you know
I didn’t mean a thing
When I said you could barely sing
Cause the truth is
You’re probably not as bad
As I thought that you were being
To the boys and myself
We’re just tired of listening
I’m the one that is sorry
Help me write the coolest songs
I was wrong, I was wrong

continuing to struggle with his faith lines like please pick up the phone he is begging for god to answer his prayers now pursuing music he wants god to help him make his life he prays to be for gods help to write good songs the i was wrong lines at the end are now in hindsight he was wrong to think of god as so material

Cause the truth
Is that no one
Truly knows
What the hell it is you’re doing
When they ask are you dead
Or are you just sleeping?
I am the one that is happy
I don’t like your shitty songs
You were wrong
You were wrong

Now later in life and successful Andy has learned a valuable number of lessons the biggest that his faith is enough the reality is that none of us really know or may never know he figures out that he is the one that has the power as a person already given to him by god to be the person he wants to be and answer his own prayers this verse is also an attack on other religious bands/songs/Christians that are that are materialistic about god and their relationship with him 'you were wrong' 'i was wrong' andy is no longer wrong.

P.S I'm not religious its just self explanatory.

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Manchester Orchestra – I Can Barely Breathe Lyrics 13 years ago
Seriously everyone; every single song on this website has clueless people saying this song is about a break up, not every song ever made is about a break up you overly dramatic teenagers.

Most of Andy Hull's lyrics aren't about relationship break ups most are about his relationship with god or his close friends/family and touring this song how ever is a bit different very metaphorical but the meaning was there the guy talking about war was the closest.

The song is written in first person from the planet Earth, the line everyones trying to quote your phrase if some ones got the answers id rather think theres nothing to be found etc is about how in society we all turn a blind eye to how we destroy the earth we don't want to look for problems because we're to consumed by the pursuit of material happiness at the expense of mother nature. If you knew I was dying would it change you is self explanatory obviously would we actually change as whole if every single one of us was aware of how dire our dilemma is? Andy knows that the answer is no and thus it used almost sarcastically.

'don't be cautious when I'm cautiously approaching on the other side' is the idea that we are not slowing down or being cautious with our mass consumption even though the earth is approaching the end when it is no longer sustainable for us we take no care in what we do and how we do it we just do it because everybody does it that's what this song is about. Clue up its not omg you broke my heart but now I'm happy we don't fuck.

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