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On Oni Pond

by Man Man

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1.
Oni Swan 00:39
2.
Pink Wonton 03:19
it's the way that your kiss condemns me it makes me feel like I'm in guantanamo iodine where your fingertips tore me you treated me like a feral animal poor percy rotting in the amazon a doomed man lost in limbo has a better chance in hell than i do of keeping cool too uncouth for you from the udder to the mouth we're all bidding our time from the uterus to the ground & our hearts are cunning like a lizard in the sun when they want something like poison pink wonton throw you under a bus grind your teeth to dust you hide in the dark & you suck your thumb i shave my head as you bury all your baggage in the bed of another dumb cock-smith i don't sleep just to dull my memories of how you love like an overseer's horsewhip waterboard me with call me maybe looping on an endless repeat ain't got nothing on the kiss you gave me so cruel so sweet too uncouth for you from the udder to the mouth we're all bidding our time from the uterus to the ground & our hearts are cunning like a lizard in the sun when they want something like poison pink wonton throw you under a bus grind your teeth to dust you hide in the dark & you suck your bang bang pow bang bang pow bang bang pow bang bang grrr bang bang pow bang bang pow bang bang pow bang you're dead ooh what's you're popo making ooh what's you're popo making ooh what's you're popo making ooh what's you're popo making ooh what's you're popo making ooh what's you're popo making pink wonton ooh what's you're popo making ooh what's you're popo making ooh what's you're popo making & our hearts are cunning like a lizard in the sun when they want something like poison pink wonton & our hearts are cunning like a lizard in the sun throw you under a bus grind your teeth to dust you hide in the dark & you suck your thumb
3.
End Boss 04:12
wolf crisscross dying lawns sniffs hard on garbage can watch baby sleeping long thru the window thru the moon-glow wolf squeeze thru cellar doors paws pad on open floors claws slide up carpet stairs watch baby sleeping long wolf snake thru a sea of toys teeth grind out a soothing song watch baby toss & turning evil gets what evil wants yeah where's your gloom at where's your doom at will you harness the 667 are you dreaming of young danzig will he harness the 666 if you won't reinvent yourself you can't circumvent your hell if you won't reinvent yourself you can't circumvent your health if you won't reinvent yourself you can't circumvent your hell if you won't reinvent yourself you can't circumvent yourself wolf cuts loose in the barrio lemon vodka mixed with churros scratched the 8 ball watching girls blow thru the window thru the moon-glow baby dance inside his belly grooving to a cumbia beat teethes out a soothing melody evil gets what evil wants yeah where's your gloom at where's your doom at will you harness the 667 are you dreaming of young danzig will he harness the 666 if you won't reinvent yourself you can't circumvent yourself if you won't reinvent yourself you can't circumvent yourself if you won't reinvent yourself you can't circumvent yourself if you won't reinvent yourself you can't circumvent yourself
4.
there's a knock at your door you don't even recognize the stranger it's you from before trying to warn you all about the dangers there's a hole in your head at least that's what everybody's guessing it's why you're always misread it's why you sleep but you never feel rested you never get your rest in hold onto your heart hold it high above flood waters hold onto your heart never let nobody drag it under hold onto your heart even when your body's bitter hold onto your heart never let nobody take it over ever it take it over ever it take it over from you there's a call on the phone you don't even recognize the number it's an old episode of trying to put the lightening on the monster of the life you have led that is always a mess are you dreaming of death are there ghosts in your chest are you always so restless yes you are is that hard hold onto your heart hold it high above flood waters hold onto your heart never let nobody drag it under hold onto your heart even when your body's bitter hold onto your heart never let nobody take it over ever it take it over ever it take it over from you is it all a game of bait & switch your brains & follow your leaders to hell is it all the same vein of insane as drinking from a poisoned well & i need new skin for this old skeleton of mine 'cause this one that i'm in has let me down once again over time & i need new skin for this old skeleton of mine 'cause this one that i'm in has let me down once again over time hold onto your heart hold it high above flood waters hold onto your heart never let nobody drag it under hold onto your heart even when the whole world's bitter hold onto your heart never let nobody take it over ever it take it over ever it take it over ever it take it over ever it take it over ever it take it over ever it take it over from you
5.
King Shiv 05:06
woke up feeling like it puts the lotion in the basket can you even recall the times before your pheromones took your common sense hostage & left you in the rain to dry & if you've ever gotten everything that you wanted well wouldn't that be some king shit but as the case would have it well you certainly haven't you been hand to mouthing every step of it all the old timers in the neighborhood swear that you're cursed with a face people hate but every single one of them's an endless variation of popeye raised on lead paint & all the woulda coulda shoulda didn't 'cause my buddy's over get to it when this here is done repeated time & time again it grows into a second skin i can't believe there even could be a secret life between your eyes that i don't seem to see are you satisfied with waiting here for heaven forever a secret life between your eyes that i don't seem to see are you satisfied with waiting here for heaven forever waiting for your schemes only weakens all the seams all the scenes that you've spun in the dark & who wants weak desires waitin' for 'em in the wings after years of leathering your scars & all the woulda coulda shoulda didn't 'cause my buddy's over get to it when this here is done repeated time & time again it grows into a second skin i can't believe there even could be a secret life between your eyes that i don't seem to see are you satisfied with waiting here for heaven forever a secret life between your eyes that i don't seem to see are you satisfied with waiting here for heaven forever a secret life between your eyes that i don't seem to see are you satisfied with waiting here for heaven forever a secret life between your eyes that i don't seem to see are you satisfied with waiting here for heaven forever heaven forever heaven forever heaven forever heaven forever heaven for never
6.
Loot My Body 03:25
have you learned nothing at all when the curtain comes crashing down will it miss ya will it crush ya will you bend like a little bitch under pressure will your friend's come along & say oh i knew him before he was a puddle in hindsight i dig him this way in this format as a puddle feel free to loot my body just take whatever you want feel free to loot my body just take whatever you need feel free to loot my body just take whatever you want but please don't start a band post apocalyptic babe will you be my post apocalyptic babe will you be the light no have you learned nothing at all when the city comes crashing down will it miss ya will it crush ya will you shatter like a fissure under pressure will your friends come along & say well i knew him before he was trouble in the big scope better this way it's a fine choice life as a puddle feel free to loot my body just take whatever feel free to loot my body just take whatever you want feel free to loot my body just take whatever you want but please don't start a band feel free to loot my body feel free to loot my body feel free to loot my body feel free to loot my body feel free to loot my body feel free to loot my body feel free to loot my body feel free to loot it all have you learned nothing at all when the curtain comes crashing down will it miss ya will it crush ya will you bend like a little bitch under pressure will your friend's come along & say oh i knew him before he was a puddle in hindsight i dig him this way
7.
Deep Cover 03:03
deep cover it's not a place it's a state of mind to have your heart go incognito & hide away for awhile deep cover it's a holiday from the landslides you create to have your heart take a second breath or two before your troubles they always find you the love you find oh it never seems to last nomadic lifestyle's firmly stepping on the gas the harder you shove 'em off the harder they shove right back the heart is a motherfucker i'm positive of that so deep cover it's not a place it's a state of mind to have your heart go incognito & hide away for awhile deep cover it's a holiday from the landslides you create to have your heart take a second breath or two before your troubles they always find you
8.
Pyramids 03:54
i know just what you are it's not a bowl of ice-cream it's not a conflict diamond or a double scoop of saline i know just what you want it's what we all desire it's not a foxy lover or the call of higher powers i smash my crystal ball i burn my tarot cards cause i can't hit the notes i use to pyramids of money silhouetting in your dreams pyramids of money that you'll probably never see it's true i don't need no PHD to show me that my flaws run deep we'll burn our merit badges at night i don't need no EMT to show me how my heart should beat we'll earn our merit badges at night i know just what you are it's not a burmese pony it's not a dying death-wish or a child that raised by kony i know just what you want it's what we all desire it's not a call for peace or knocking down the ivory towers i smash my crystal ball i burn my tarot cards cause i can't hit the notes i use to i can't hit the notes i want to pyramids of money silhouetting in your dreams pyramids of money pirouetting in your dreams pyramids of money that you'll probably never see it's true i know just what you are it's not a bowl of ice-cream it's not a conflict diamond or a double scoop of saline i know just what you want it's what we all desire it's not a foxy lover or the call of higher powers i smash my crystal ball i burn my tarot cards i know just what you are it's not a burmese pony it's not a dying death-wish or a child that raised by kony i know just what you want it's what we all desire it's not a call for peace or knocking down the ivory towers i smash my crystal ball i burn my tarot cards i know just what you are i know just what you are i know just what you are i know just what you are
9.
Sparks 03:34
you ain't too certain your heart can spark a flame again prepare yourself, repair yourself you waste all your memories your love, your luck, your beauty sleep building all those barriers don't you know they never work building all those barriers to try to keep away the hurt & i never believed that your heart was ever missing even though the alibi that you had was so goddamn convincing you ain't too certain your heart can spark a flame again prepare yourself, repair yourself you waste all your energy your love, your luck, your beauty sleep building all those barriers to try to keep away the hurt building all those barriers don't you know they never work & i never believed that your heart was ever missing even though the alibi that you had was so goddamn convincing hit in the head with a giant rolling pin sometimes the pain will help you remember when your heart was young before it got stepped on inside you feel a ticking time bomb just tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick ticking hit in the head with a giant rolling pin sometimes the pain will help you remember when hit in the head with a giant rolling pin when your heart was young before it got stepped on inside you feel a ticking time bomb just tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick repair yourself repair yourself repair yourself repair yourself Again
10.
he eats an avocado writes novels on her navel climbs out her bedroom window while she's asleep she speaks of venom cobras dark matter, supernovas cars crashes & tsunamis that bring the rain he talks with great bravado drinks baby shirley temples fights with a palm of marbles does it hurt does it hurt she squeeze the honey bottle on an overripe tomato don't care when all the ants go right up her skirt nobody knows where the time goes where the grind grows nobody knows nobody knows where the time goes where the grind grows nobody knows they met one summer party eating bánh mi with the cabbies throwing empties at the police oh how they laughed she cut a smokey figure she splintered in his fingers so deep that even tweezers couldn't pull her out they dance in tiny halos like moths around a candle or atoms too unstable but they don't care nobody knows where the time goes where the grind grows nobody knows nobody knows where the time goes where the grind grows nobody knows will you leave a healthy corpse will you beat a dying horse will you leave the headlights on will you write a swan song will you get eulogized will you have apologized were you running high tonight will you even care nobody know where the time goes where the grind grows nobody knows nobody know where the time goes where the grind grows nobody knows nobody know where the time goes where the grind grows nobody knows nobody know where the time goes where the grind grows nobody knows nobody know where the time goes where the grind grows nobody knows nobody know where the time goes where the grind grows nobody knows
11.
Fangs 05:37
& every time she tries to find the kind of love that won't leave her behind she ends up feeling like some sort of shadow on the wall raised & braised on mysticism like jesus flesh & cataclysmic punishment for following the hunger her pleasure creates she falls down stairs completely aware it'll tarnish her beauty beyond all repair the bruises that blossom remind her she's human she hates that more than the fact she hides her fangs behind her back she slips them in when no one's watching pretends to laugh at the boxes she's been born in she hides her fang out in the open hoping somebody will steal them & her when she was young she held a fantasy of being the female steve mcqueen careening an ancient motorcycle thru the throngs of those she hates the spirit of sperm it haunts her thoughts like harnesses for golden swans her belly deserves a future much brighter than a hovel for a squatter she chews her fingers down to the bone whenever she feels her life's outta control she plays the piano, it sounds like tornadoes but who will tell her the truth i won't she hides her fangs behind her back she slips them in when no one's watching pretends to laugh at the boxes she's been born in she hides her fangs out in the open hoping somebody will steal them & her every time she tries to find the kind of love that won't leave her behind she ends up feeling like some sort of shadow on the wall & i wish that i could provide the kind of weapons money won't buy together we'd go hunting thru the hallows of our hearts & kill the things that keep us down & cut the strings to which our fears seem bound & kiss the flicker of the flames that burn us out from within
12.
Curtains 01:03
you might somehow be redeemed even though your heathen days are long gone & the need to be redeemed is such a boring thing to want caved in, hibernating waiting for the sun to come along & dry you out & hang you from a cloud
13.
Born Tight 03:43
catch a tiger by the toe & when it bites you don't let go you bite it back so it knows that you're wild & you're born on a tight rope build a fortress up on a hill find a love that fits the bill sometimes it never will so you burn it down & you notch the kill mama mama mama mama mama can't help you now be brave mama mama mama mama mama can't help you now be brave mama mama mama mama mama can't help you now be brave mama mama mama mama mama can't help you now you wear your fears up on your shoulders like a bird with the weight of a boulder will you pretend the pretense is over or will you let your anger smolder when my mind gets old & decrepit & my heart forgets how to forgive hide a bullet in my nose & whisper that i was born on a tight rope mama mama mama mama mama can't help you now be brave mama mama mama mama mama can't help you now be brave mama mama mama mama mama can't help you now be brave mama mama mama mama mama can't help you now & the only thing that i ever learned to be true was that... be brave be brave girls just wanna have fun be brave girls just wanna have fun be brave girls just wanna have fun be brave girls just wanna have fun be brave be brave be brave

credits

released September 10, 2013

produced, engineered, mixed
by mike mogis @ arc studios (nov-dec '12)
assistant engineer: bobby rubalcava

mastered by doug van sloun @ focus mastering

horn arrangements: adam schatz
horns: brandon lerbs, tommy van den berg, sweet willie karpf, andrew beckstrom
string arrangements: nate walcott
strings: frank seligman, tracy dunn, keith plenert, phyllis duncan

MAN MAN be
honus honus and pow pow
with...

jamey "t. moth" robinson: assorted synth squiggles, bass bops, celeste, backing vox
2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13

adam "brown sugar" schatz: assorted sax, key tinkling, backing vox, monster mouth, sugar
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13

mike mogis: assorted guitar/bass wizardry
2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13

susan sanchez: omfg luscious vox
2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13

a.j. mogis: upright bass 3, 5, 6
kara nelson: equally luscious vox 2, 6
nate walcott: trumpet solo/arrangement 6
shono murphy: night moves, radness
mark henkel: dreamy german, snore martyr


music by ryan kattner & christopher sean powell
@ kielbasatron music (ascap)

lyrics by ryan kattner
on oni pond written in amherst, ma (jan-may '12) & philadelphia (july-sept '12)

management: ravenhouse ltd
US booking: jim romeo (ground control touring)
legal: paul sommerstein, esq

design/layout: trevor hernandez
artwork: andrea wan


thank you to our mothers, fathers, family, friends, fans, the man man posse, christina yee (heart), mary smull, mike mogis, andrea wan, pattner & greg, percy, creegs, anna, nikki, juan & westy, nam & oscar, shilpa ray, ben, aldo buffone for the many years of support/floorspace (creative & crashing), and everyone who played on this album. we love you, you make us tick, this heart won’t die. be brave.

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Birthed in the weird waters of Philadelphia & revitalized in the even weirder smog of Los Angeles, Man Man is an acclaimed experimental rock band trafficking in multi-genre ear worms. Unique, beautiful, undefinable.

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