Man and Boy

from Man And Boy EP by Puppet Mechanic

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I was raised / among the beating wings / of a butterfly farm
If there's one thing / that it taught me / it's a healthy regard
For the possibility / of disruption / and the Illusion of charm
And the gift of fragility
and a soft life can be hard

I was raised / among the pleading cries / of a canary farm
Where I first saw / early signs / of your wilful self-harm
And that there’s a time / for bravado / and a time for alarm
And there’s always a reason
But it’s the first thing to take flight

[CHORUS]
Man & Boy / (you raised me up)
Man & Boy / (you let me down)
Man & Boy / (you raised me up)
Man & Boy, Man & Boy, Man & Boy

I was raised / among the empty tears / of a crocodile patch
Where it was normal / to indulge / in a crying match
And the greatest wish / was to keep / your own daily catch
Not to throw it back
And to face its hollow laugh

[CHORUS]
Man & Boy / (you raised me up)
x 4

I was raised / in the heaving throng / of a termite hill
Where their productivity
Taught me nothing at all

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from Man And Boy EP, released July 11, 2017

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