LYRICS

Manikin - Self-Titled CD

The Sleeper
ancient blue and black
the shadows of my stare
and I see it all
I see through it all
I'd give my life to live

so just kill me
cause I'm gonna die
I wanna feel your pain
but don't you tell me how to live
cause you don't know
you will never know how I feel
and when you see me,
I will disappear

season changes
and my boots, they're out of fashion
I just wanna live,
but you won't let me live
my STORM, it's coming soon

It's just physical
It's really nothing
and I feel the same
I feel all your pain
but I still crave your struggle

The Manikins
plastic replica
you're so eager to try
it's in your eyes
you can't deny it's real

your on your own
and you feel so alone
when your all dressed up
you"re all made up
but you got nowhere to go now

and the MANIKINS
stares at an empty screen
I cant'feel anything

midnight beauty queen
the fashion scene
when your on your pills
your leather heels
its so unreal

but you fall apart
cause your whorin your sellin
your INNOCENCE,
we we're so innocent man
now you feel for no one

I don't want no one
I don't want you
I don't need you
I just want to be real

Kick You
he knows your name
your on the list
their eyes are burning
holes through your dress
you're dressed like a movie star
makin a scene at the rock and roll bar

you're eyes are wide
dark as the skies
you hear their voices
you see their eyes
I just wanna live for a little while

I don't mean to drag you
I just wanna keep you high
I didn't mean to kick you darlin
but don't fall on me, seriously

another glass
your on the floor
your body moves
out of control
you're dressed like a movie star
now your wondrin where you are

another trip a little more
you haven't blink
for a couple of hours
your posin like a MANIKIN
Greta Garbo on the silver screen

American
U.S.A.
american
your for sale
the REPLICANTS

lost at the strip malls
fighting the gas war
is this your fucking war?
is this your holy war?

don't stare at me
cause I don't know what I'm thinkin
I don't know how I feel
and I don't understand
help me understand

U.S.A.
american
your for sale
the manikins

you got me in the corner
I'm choking on the pain killers
I wanna stop the pain
it's driving me insane

Idol
and in the inside
your burning desire
your dreams are realised
you hold on tight
so tight that your vision are dead now

the manikin
calls the midnight fashion
aren't you glad
you wear the emperors clothes

it'sall a dream
just in your head
cause in the mirror
you'll never see yourself man

and they made your idols
PROSTHETIC gold
you're on your knees and you suck
but it taste like plastic

you don't realise
who you are
you've always known
but you won't admit to it

Revolver
it's over
revolver

there's a gun to my head
no future tommorows dead
I'm so exhausted
so exhausted

I wanna see it with my eyes
I wanna see it with my eyes
I wanna see it with my eyes
I'm gonna shoot it between my eyes

The Jungle
it's a masquerade
in the modern jungle
razor sharp daggers
and my feathers are BLACK
authentic replica
you don't know who you are

and it's sad
cause your drivin me mad
and when I see you walk in
I got to watch my back

my hands are tired
the sun's in my eyes
yet I could see you smile
you try to hide
you try to look away
thinkin it's okay

watch it

I Don't Know
there's a ring on my telephone
I'm wonderin if it's you
I'm sittin here I'm so alone
got nothin better to do

I've been here about a million times
I really outta let you go
but somethin tells me
you would CHANGE your mind
but I don't know,
I don't know