Lyric discussion by albinomoose 

Cover art for A Most Peculiar Man lyrics by Simon and Garfunkel

I agree with maxwellsmart...I think this song shows how people get dragged down by little differences in others (being shy) and use that as an excuse to look down on them. They can't even be sad about his death without justifying that it was kind of inevitable b/c they viewed him as a wack-job.