Invisible Man
Slip Lyrics

She was thirteen months when he was sent to jail.
Her father was imprisoned when she was barely over a year old.

Behind the bars of her crib and those of his cell.
Both she and her father were trapped by their respective confinement, separated by physical barriers.

They wait for her love to come to them.
Both the father and daughter longed for each other's love, hoping to reunite someday.

But she couldn't come.
The daughter was unable to visit her father due to her own obligations or distance.

She was making a living.
The daughter grew up and pursued her own life, potentially working to support herself and her family.

This beautiful baby girl grew up so fast.
The daughter, once just an infant, grew up quickly and became a woman before her father's release.

Called another man 'daddy' till she learned of her past.
The daughter may have had a stepfather or father figure in her life before realizing who her biological father was.

She waited a lifetime for him.
The daughter continued to long for her father's presence and love over a long period of time, even if she didn't know him well or at all.

And one day he comes.
At some point, the father was released from prison and made contact with his daughter.

But until then she loved the invisible man.
Before her father's return, the daughter still loved and yearned for the father she never truly knew.

He came back into her life when she was fifteen.
The father made contact with his daughter when she was a teenager.

He took a bus on weekends.
The father may have traveled to spend time with his daughter on weekends, possibly due to distance or financial constraints.

And he took her to eat down at the driveway in a Cadillac.
The father may have taken his daughter out to eat, perhaps even in a car as luxurious as a Cadillac.

She told him 'I love you'.
The daughter expressed her love to her father.

He never said it back.
The father may not have reciprocated his daughter's feelings or expressed his love for her verbally.

Under the stars and out in the morning sun.
The setting provides a backdrop to the memories of love and loss that follow.

There are the memories of abandoned love.
The memories center around love that was lost or never fully realized because of the father's imprisonment or his tragic end.

And then nobody heard from him in more than a week.
Something seems to have happened to the father, and nobody had heard from him in over a week.

And when they busted in through his door there was blood on the sheets.
The father's living space had evidence of something violent or tragic having occurred.

They found his body in a field near town.
The father had been killed and his body was discovered in a rural area near where he lived.

Somebody shot him and took him out.
The father was murdered and his killer remains unknown.

Under the stars and out in the morning sun.
The setting continues to evoke memories of what was lost.

There are the memories of abandoned love.
The love shared between the father and daughter was ultimately cut short as a result of violence and tragedy.

The invisible man.
The father was once again absent from the daughter's life, this time permanently as a result of his death.

She loved the invisible man.
Even after her father's death, the daughter still loved and missed the father she never truly had the chance to fully know.

She loved the invisible man.
The repeated line emphasizes the daughter's ongoing love and longing for her father, despite his absence.