"Pieces of a Man", sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh Billy Bob Thornton, mengungkapkan perjuangan dan kesedihan seorang pria yang merasa tidak betah di dunia ini. Nyala rokok pertama baginya menjadi pengalihan dari perasaan terasing. Penayangan bintang-bintang dari berbagai moda transportasi menjadi sumber hiburannya, sementara belas kasihan orang asing memberikan secercah harapan bahwa ada yang peduli. Meskipun ia tampak mampu secara fisik, pergulatan mentalnya membuatnya terbelenggu. Permintaan putus asa untuk terbebas dari kegilaan dan keinginan yang tak terwujud untuk berubah memperjelas penderitaan batinnya, menyoroti rasa terpecah-belah yang mendalam yang dideritanya sebagai "Pieces of a Man".
Pieces of a Man Lyrics
Billy Bob Thornton
The burning of that first cigarette
Is enough to make me halfway forget
That there's no place where I feel at home
I guess that I was just born to roam
Buses, trains and other people's cars
Are the means by which I gaze at the stars
Loose change from strangers here and there
Gives me a little hope that someone cares
Sure I'm an able bodied man
People think I should work and that I can
But it's not my hands that put me in a bind
It's a problem the Good Lord gave my mind
(Chorus)
I've cried, believe me
I've begged madness to leave me
Like anyone I didn't ask to be born
But I'm here anyway
And I'm one of those who is torn
In pieces
Pieces of a man
If I could choose to change, I would, God knows
But my thoughts go where the cold wind blows
They say give credit where credit is due
I've never had any credit, so I don't feel like they do
Who knows why some are broken from the start
I guess the rules are made up by someone who's smart
If that's the case I wish they'd figure us out
And tell us where to go and what it's all about
Is enough to make me halfway forget
That there's no place where I feel at home
I guess that I was just born to roam
Buses, trains and other people's cars
Are the means by which I gaze at the stars
Loose change from strangers here and there
Gives me a little hope that someone cares
Sure I'm an able bodied man
People think I should work and that I can
But it's not my hands that put me in a bind
It's a problem the Good Lord gave my mind
(Chorus)
I've cried, believe me
I've begged madness to leave me
Like anyone I didn't ask to be born
But I'm here anyway
And I'm one of those who is torn
In pieces
Pieces of a man
If I could choose to change, I would, God knows
But my thoughts go where the cold wind blows
They say give credit where credit is due
I've never had any credit, so I don't feel like they do
Who knows why some are broken from the start
I guess the rules are made up by someone who's smart
If that's the case I wish they'd figure us out
And tell us where to go and what it's all about