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lyrics

Short hair blue pinafore, long hair pink pinafore, guns vs dolls

the line was drawn while we still were light­bearers, bound to fall

in that fragile age, in that world of wonder and games with no end

you little boy are in the dark about the pride, the plot, the part:

to act, react and subject as a man

The role grows with you, breaks through

without a clue, sets in, claims, rules within

it's the taste of first! in a Hot Wheels race

the feast of violence of a wrestling ace

the tanks of tin

you quote the grown­ups but your questions crumble

upon the growls of those World Cup fans

they intimate, you imitate, support the match, learn the hate

they're so proud when you do the man

Then comes the Cross to nail your body and dull your soul

the first wet dream, that dirt, the sin, that dizzy fault

the doubts of lust, small heart that hurts

the fences and the glances you don't plan

the lack of trust, the classmates jokes ­show your muscles

fag, sissy jerk are you a man?

You grow up. Now your sex is a tool

to aim where the weak sex browse

you're not aware that

the masters' tools will never dismantle the masters' house

in fact, you're already inside it, where sex is sexism

and the White Male commands

and so on, all your life, forcing yourself and your wife,

your children but for God Country and Family, you're a

That night in each other's arms, our bodies and souls about to shine

she felt my hands, on her skin to please, as they weren't mine

i became the salt on her ancient scars opened again

we lived the tragedy of God­blessed centuries

of cruel supremacy of Men

Am i a man? What is a man?

man!

credits

from Threelakes / Phill Reynolds SPLIT, released January 17, 2015

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