Trevor Hall – The Lion's Mane lyrics

This is my full interpretation of this song. This is solely what I get from the song, and sometimes it changes when I listen to it. This isn't to say this is what he meant by any of it-i think it's all open to your own interpretation.
"am i awake or is this a dream". This part to me is deciphering what is truly reality. What level of consciousness is the true "reality" of our lives. Maybe on some level of consciousness we are aware of the truth and reality of a something much bigger than us. This is an awakening to that universe. Our brains only process a tiny percentage of what they are actually taking in at all times.
When he sees the man trying to count everything and says this was him: it's always easier to understand a situation when you're on the outside looking in. He is seeing himself and becoming aware of his flaws-trying to count everything is maybe a symbol for the way we go about our daily lives focusing on tasks and things that are really not important in the grand scheme of things. We also tend to focus on trying to figure out the unimportant things until we get "dizzy and fall asleep". We grow tired of this endless task and give up on it.
"only to realize who was really blind". What I take from this is sometimes we think we are doing something for someone else-helping them in whatever context that may be, but in reality, they have something to teach us. Often when we think someone is less fortunate, they are far richer, just in other means, other terms, in other things.
Mother earth washes him down and restores his sight- we should return to nature and the natural order of things-the interconnectedness of all the elements and of nature-in order to get back to a truthful and meaningful existence. One can see the true beauty and meaning in life when we return back to this basic system of things, we return back to our roots-to our place in nature, not above it all. Things get clearer and clearer the more we let this in.
"when i saw the sharks, i wasn't afraid.. " when you are able to enter this kind of consciousness or awakening, and put yourself into this state of mind, your fears no longer plague you. You understand the natural system of which you are a part of, and therefore no longer need fear.
"i think my sanity has gone insane". What is sanity truly, perhaps we are the insane ones, living in a silly world where we no longer focus on the true important aspects of our lives.