Dead Man, Dead Man

The words

The singer confronts a spiritually dead man, perhaps his own old self, and asks when he will finally rise.

The song addresses a dead man who stands for sin, pride and worldliness, and the narrator seems to be wrestling with that part of himself as much as with someone else. The verses describe the man's emptiness and the hold he has, while the refrain asks when he will come back to life. The tone is stern but restless. Its loose, swaying groove keeps the confrontation from becoming a sermon.