Voices In The Fan

I think he's telling someone he loves that he's running away from everything (I won't be alone Think of me at night Send my love to home I'll be alright)

Definitely about departure of some kind, maybe even death. He's telling someone that he will be leaving in the night, and only weak people will be crying about his leaving.

I'm leaning towards the song being about death, probably suicide. It's most hinted at in: 'Tonight it comes for me Please, help them understand '

The person in the song is about to commit suicide and doesn't want anyone to mourn for them. They will become a 'voice in a fan', e.g. a fleeting ghost or spirit. They won't be alone because so many before have also died, so he won't be alone in death.

With the goodbye he is ending his words or suicide letter.

A depressing yet beautiful song...

Devin Townsend said he used to fantasize about being abducted by aliens...in the same way some people would want to kill themselves to stop experiencing pain and suffering in this life, he wished he could be the special chosen one to be taken away from this place. Voices is one of a few songs that address this topic.

From his autobiography, he said this was inspired by his experience at the recording studio he was working in - he was sober at the time and had never done drugs, and this was his experience of viewing that world from the outside watching people have strange experiences and paranoia high on all sorts. However I too see it as a sort of death / suicide song, and he himself prescribes to the collective unconsciousness vibe of artistic creation - so I say take whatever you want from the meaning, his lyrics are always really interpretive anyway :)