SONG STATUS
Released
[i]Save me from this space
Save me from this space, space[/i]
Take these plastic people
Read their lips, now let it linger
Is there anything that makes them sound sincere?
Come on, tightly hold your hand
Take a deep breath, give them the finger
Are you worried
That your thoughts are not quite clear?
(Twitch)
Overlooked, unfit appearance
I remember falling
I remember marching
Like a one man army
Through the blaze
I know I'm coughing
I believe in something
I don't want to remember falling
For your lies
Unbutton your clothes
Undress your soul, show them your vigor
Are those inhibitions easiest to fear?
Come on, take this gasoline tin
Head up high, walk like a winner
Let the bare feet be the last sounds that they hear
(Twitch)
Overlooked, unfit appearance
I remember falling
I remember marching
Like a one man army
Through the blaze
I know I'm coughing
I believe in something
I don't want to remember falling
For your lies
Falling
I remember falling
I remember marching
Like a one man army
Through the blaze
I know I'm coughing
I believe in something
I don't want to remember falling
I remember crawling
Through the waste
I know I'm falling
I remember marching
I don't remember falling
I don't want to remember falling
For your lies
DISCOGRAPHY
1 Albums / 3 Promos / 1 Singles
Albums
Singles
Promos
TOTAL LIVE PLAYS
462 times
Debut: 1999-07-16 (Kee to Bala)
Most Recent: 2026-03-31 (Toad's Place)
Plays by Year
| 2026 |
14 |
| 2025 |
19 |
| 2024 |
12 |
| 2023 |
16 |
| 2022 |
19 |
| 2021 |
13 |
| 2019 |
7 |
| 2018 |
21 |
| 2017 |
23 |
| 2016 |
15 |
| 2015 |
9 |
| 2014 |
7 |
| 2013 |
6 |
| 2012 |
41 |
| 2011 |
4 |
| 2010 |
32 |
| 2009 |
42 |
| 2008 |
3 |
| 2006 |
20 |
| 2003 |
10 |
| 2002 |
50 |
| 2001 |
45 |
| 2000 |
21 |
| 1999 |
13 |
Song Information
Raine Maida, Woodstock.com, 19 July 1999:
One Man Army is about the struggle for individuality. It's about finding the courage to strip naked and set fire to all your inhibitions. It's about cleansing yourself of all the people and things that suffocate your individuality.
Mike Turner, Ottawa Sun, 20 Sep. 1999:
It's very much saying I've figured out who I am and what I think and believe and screw you if you don't understand it. And everything else is just trash and you can put it in a big fat trash heap and burn it because it is useless to me.
Raine Maida, Asbury Park Press, 2 Oct. 1999:
The chorus is kind of like this weird anti-chorus where for the regular listener, a program director, it's like 'Are we in the chorus yet?' And we really fought for that song to be the first single because of that. A lot of people would say, 'Are you guys out of your minds? It will be really tough selling it to radio. It's not one of those immediate songs.' But we were like, 'Well, let's be known for that kind of stuff, at least,' the same way 'Superman's Dead' had like 15 different parts that didn't repeat. And everyone was saying the same thing about that. And you know what, it wasn't a No. 1 song, but it stayed in the Top 10 for like 10 weeks and it's a song that I think really affected people on an emotional level. So that's OK with us.