King Shiv

from On Oni Pond by Man Man

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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

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from On Oni Pond, released September 10, 2013

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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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