1. |
How Could You?
04:07
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How could you
Draw me out like I'm some cheap cartoon
Scripting everything I do
I can't choose
The words I say the ways I feel and move
And I need to be cut loose
But I can't seem to find the state of mind
To get me out of this constant grind
How could you
Send me straight down the flume
Drowning within your fumes
And how could I
Fall for this enterprise
When all they feed me is lies
How could you
Be puppeteering me to go insane,
My own thoughts do not feel safe
And I must lose
The things holding me back my ball and chain
To make my own escape
But I can't seem to find the state of mind
To get me out of this constant grind
How could you
Send me straight down the flume
Drowning within your fumes
And how could I
Fall for this enterprise
When all they feed me is lies
And I will break this
Curse restraining
So let me feel alive
In this state
In this state
In this state
In this state
How could you
Send me straight down the flume
Drowning within your fumes
And how could I
Fall for this enterprise
When all they feed me is lies
How could you
Send me straight down the flume
Drowning within your fumes
And how could I
Fall for this enterprise
When all they feed me is lies
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2. |
No Escaping (Live)
02:39
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My temperature is rising
There is no sense in fighting
The feeling overcoming me now
I feel so immersed
In her complex curse
I just wanna get up and shout
Woah ho ho ho ho
She drives me crazy
Woah ho ho ho ho
There's no escaping
Her eyes look in so deep
I see them in my sleep
I hate being the sheep in the wrong crowd
But don't trust a thing she says
By the way that she behaves
She's a compulsive liar who wants things her
Way hey hey hey hey
She drives me crazy
Oh ho ho ho ho
There's no escaping
I used to be a lyricist but I'm all out of words
She plays with your feelings makes you feel like you made her hurt
But underneath all that acting she's concealing a smirk
So if she comes your way I advise you give her a wide berth
Don't you suppose it all arose because she chose to play with your feelings by altering emotions
Now everything's outa motion
Her core is made of stone but on the outside huh she is molten
Their ain't no faulting her appearance but wait listen up
Because her second face needs some extra makeup
Shut up,
That's what she'd say huh yeah
Woah ho ho ho ho
Dum ba dum ba ba da dum ba ba bum di dum boo dum
Ba boo da bay ey de ah dam zew da zoo ba da bu dum dow
Ye day ya da da ye day ya da da da da da da day ba biba da bow
Bow wow wow wow
Woah yeah,
She drives me crazy
There's no escaping 'scaping no
She drives me crazy there no escaping she drives me
Crazy
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3. |
Splinters (Live)
03:52
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I see you've lost all hope
Why flee
What are you afraid of brother
You know we were going places
Now you leave I'm fending on my own
And when I look back
I try to relax
But I feel the walls are closing in
I'm running blind as the lights start to dim
So I tell myself
Its easy to quit the very life you choose
Don't sit on the shelf
I will not surrender
So I tell myself
Its easy to quit the very life you choose
Don't sit on the shelf
I will not surrender
Tryna wipe my slate
As the splinters
Dig deep
Why'd you hesitate
What are you afraid of brother
And now I see
I must escape
Busy streets
To break free
From all of the
Misery
And when I look back
I try to relax
But I feel the walls are closing in
I'm running blind as the lights start to dim
So I tell myself
Its easy to quit the very life you choose
Don't sit on the shelf
I will not surrender
So I tell myself
Its easy to quit the very life you choose
Don't sit on the shelf
I will not surrender
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Mantis State London, UK
First formed at Leeds Conservatoire, Mantis State's signature sound has been widely praised for meticulously balancing
soulful vocals, heavy riffs, warm brass and ambient electronics.
After relocating to London, Mantis State have sold-out shows in venues including Camden's Jazz Café, Hoxton's Colours and Soho's Spice of Life, and performed at the 2021 Isle of Wight festival.
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