My Friend Marcus

I'm atheist so I don't really see this from a religious view although I see that religion is quite prevalent in MO's lyrics.

My friend Marcus, he sleeps in my basement And his father touched more than spirit Now he can hardly sleep, sleep --the obvious, Marcus' father molested him

I don't give a good shit if your lonesome I think that you should go home son Find your father and meaning --I see this as him being at a very young age and not wanting to share his family with Marcus because he does not understand the circumstances

Now I can see You mean everything to nothing Now I believe You mean everything --At first he doesn't think Marcus is an important person but realizes that he has become his best friend.

Now I can see You mean everything to nothing Now I believe You mean everything

My friend Marcus, he works on a train set And I still can't move on my broke track He's helping me find my meaning Eventually and hopefully we'll see --Marcus teaches him that even though he's been through that he can still love where he had been through nothing and disliked Marcus. I think he regrets that and is starting over.

And now I can see I mean everything to nothing Now I believe I mean everything

Its funny how many don't know How many dont have a home It's funny how many don't know How many dont have homes oooooh --I took this as how many people are molested because the numbers are outrageous and they don't have a place they can call home and feel safe.

i wish i knew what this was about.

the only thing i think i figured out is the "and his father touched more than spirit" line. maybe the father sexually abused marcus?

that's all i've got, unfortunately.

I think this is more about god, like the rest of the album. The father I think is referring not to his biological father but a religious leader. And god means everything to nothing because Hull has lost his faith. At the end he is "talking"to god: "Its funny how many don't know How many of us don't have homes"

...yeah i like your interpretation 5468965897x better than my initial thoughts. thanks.

Well for what it's worth i think his father was a minister, so i think that those two interpretations could overlap.

is mine the only version missing the second verse???

Find a Father and your meaning*

"My friend Marcus, he sleeps in my basement And his father touched more than spirit Now he can hardly sleep, sleep"

i think the father he talks about in this verse is literally his father, and his friend was molested as a child.

"I don't give a good shit if your lonesome I think that you should go home son Find your father and meaning"

here, i think the father he mentions is god. andy can't understand why it's so hard for him to let god into his life because he hasn't had the same experiences. he thinks if his friend just accepts god, he will be able to find a purpose in life.

"Now I can see You mean everything to nothing"

"Its funny how many don't know How many dont have a home"

he finally realizes that not everyone is as lucky as he has been to have grown up in a good home. he understands now why it's difficult for people like his friend to believe in god.

I love what andy says in AP about the concept of the album Mean everything to no-thing.. because if you mean everything to someone, you're going to let them down. I don't really know what the idea would mean in context? maybe he doesn't want to let God or a spiritual figure mean everything to him because he will only be let down. and Hull maybe has trouble finding meaning in his life/purpose because of this?

"My friend Marcus, he works on a train set And I still can't move on my broke track He's helping me find my meaning Eventually and hopefully we'll see"

and maybe at the end he is talking about how many don't have a home spiritually or are lost just as he is.. I don't know I'm just throwing ideas out there haha.

I think it has to do with Andy's friend's spritual walk. He is having trouble accepting it at the beginning of the song and it's bothering him. Later in the song, Marcus is helping Andy with his spiritual walk.

"My friend Marcus, he works on a train set And I still can't move on my broke track He's helping me find my meaning Eventually and hopefully we'll see"

The train set could be Marcus' walk. Andy is stuck in life, and Marcus is helping Andy out.

"Its funny how many don't know How many dont have a home"

People that don't know Christ.