Man of a Thousand Faces Lyrics

Lyric discussion by love_is_free 

Cover art for Man of a Thousand Faces lyrics by Regina Spektor

Lozeli: Actually, split-personality disorder and schizophrenia are two entirely different disorders. It's a common misconception that the symptoms of schizophrenia include multiple personalities.

I think this song is about a man that feels he has to be something different for everyone he knows, he's never himself and wears a thousand faces, He's lost because he doesn't know who he really is because he's always being what other people want him to be. He feels everyone is a stranger, even the moon. Everyone is kept at a distance and he feels lost and alone because of it. I think kaysntees is right, the small lump of sugar is a drug reference, The second and fourth stanzas sound like they have something to do with obsesive compulsive disorder, self-harm and thoughts about going to heaven. I'm not sure the exact intent of this song, but i think we've put a lot of pieces together. I'm not sure Regina even knows the exact intent of every word in this song, that's what makes it absolutley lovely though. It just makes so much sense and there's so much feeling without it having to make complete sense or be at all clear.