<P> "Man in the Box" is widely recognized for its distinctive "wordless opening melody, where Layne Staley's peculiar, tensed - throat vocals are matched in unison with an effects - laden guitar" followed by "portentous lines like:' Feed my eyes, can you sew them shut?',' Jesus Christ, deny your maker' and' He who tries, will be wasted' with Cantrell's drier, less - urgent voice ." along with harmonies provided by both Staley and Cantrell in the lines' Won't you come and save me' . </P> <P> In interview with Rolling Stone in 1992, Layne Staley explained the song: </P> <P> I started writing about censorship . Around the same time, we went out for dinner with some Columbia Records people who were vegetarians . They told me how veal was made from calves raised in these small boxes, and that image stuck in my head . So I went home and wrote about government censorship and eating meat as seen through the eyes of a doomed calf . </P> <P> Jerry Cantrell said of the song: </P>

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