I really love "Man in the Wilderness", by the way
While many songs were slated for single release, the album cuts on The Grand Illusion were solid tracks that could have been singles themselves. One song that fits that bill is “Man In The Wilderness.” “From time to time I came to feel a certain detachment myself, noticing that even if I'd had a bad day, or a personal crisis the audience couldn't see that and frankly had their own problems they were there to forget. I wrote "Man In The Wilderness" about that. We were feeling growing pains, each in our own personal way. It was a melancholy song telling of the loss of innocence. Finding that crowds can love you and believe you when you put on a smile, never knowing or caring how you might really be feeling. I don't know what I expected from the audience, but suddenly I found myself in front of a lot of people, night after night after night and the cheers and adoration seemed endless. Not conducive to maintaining a grip on reality for the inexperienced. Of course I got over it, but in the mean time I got a wonderful song out of that moment of weakness in my life.”
