Titan, "If you can't follow me down" probably is a reference to the old blues song "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down"--one of Bob Dylan's favorites when he was performing with The Band (he did it twice at The Last Waltz).
"Follow you down" is a regular ol' blues euphemism--"let me be with you," in all the various permutations of what that can mean.
Also, Richard Manuel was a junkie; he would have been asleep much of the time. Tragically, he committed suicide in 1986 by hanging himself. One of the saddest stories in rock and roll.
[This message has been edited by MaryEllen (edited March 19, 2003).]
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