Lyric discussion by IL91 

Cover art for Life Becoming A Landslide lyrics by Manic Street Preachers

I suppose, the line "I don't wanna be a man" means he doesn't want to be a human being with all these things that bring him down and wear him out in everyday's life; it's like he really is disappointed in being human and he's in despair. Guess, everyone can relate to this at some point of their lives, huh?

Yeah, and if you give it some thought, the line "there is no true love, just a finely tuned jealousy" is not far from the truth, is it? It really makes you wanna think some things over