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Artist: Sia
Canonical path: /sia/manchild
Related lyric paths: 6
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Manchild
Read Manchild lyrics by Sia on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Manchild
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Is it the pain of the drinking
Or the Sunday sinking feeling
The car never seems to work
When it's late your girlfriend's on a date
And the hero with her in your dream
In your sleep it seemed to like you
Turn around and ask yourself
Turn around, ask yourself
Manchild, will you ever win?
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Could you go undercover
And sell your brand new lover (could you?)
Be someone else for a night
Maybe someone else will love you
You sell your soul for a tacky song
Like the one you hear on the radio
Turn around, ask yourself
Turn around and ask yourself
Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Manchild, he will make you cry
Manchild, manchild, manchild
He's the apple of your eye
From Monday down to Friday
You're working on another man's car
Or is it in the factory?
It doesn't matter where you are
Just turn around and ask yourself is this communication
Accentuate the positive to give some illustration
See manchild, you're no one, you turn the microphone on
Control communication when I'm kickin' it and so on
To the point that I need, the air that I breathe
Into an audience that's waiting and ecstatic to receive
For the meantime another mean rhyme, I keep on sayin' it
I know what the time is the crowd will keep on playing it
Through the speaker boxes loud's my diagnosis
'Cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses
Enough r-e-s-p-e and c-t
Respect yourself express no stress the mike is easy
Just believe that all you need is the air that you breathe
Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Manchild, he will make you cry
Manchild, manchild, manchild
He's the apple of your eye
Once bitten twice shy, why don't you bite me again?
Just take it in the right and go tell your friend
Are you ready for the words I turn the microphone on
A figure of speech to reach you at the back and so on
The style I'm stimulating dance floors
Raise your body temperature now and
This demands for power in the amp, you know loud's my diagnosis
'Cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses
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Sia performs "Manchild", and this lyric page sits inside the Sia catalog on LyroVerse.
Are there related songs to explore after "Manchild"?
Yes. The related section below points to Titanium (feat. David Guetta) and Audio (feat. Diplo & Labrinth) with a short reason for opening each page next.
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