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Limbs - Mankind

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1.
With great legroom comes great responsibility Tough Luck to repay whats due but needs must now my plane crashes into the sea Should I grab at the handle or brace for impact? Metal don't collapse, like a dream. Don't hide from this charged synapse Like a dream that might be turning true. So I break through the door with pride shout cowabunga and inflate the slide I'm present and I'm here All my juices running clear. Then boom boom crash the engine takes I dive from death down the fire escape Fosby flop into the lifeboat even the jacket matches my coat. With great Acts of heroism come great expectation for more All eyes in the life boat fixed upon me as we all bob up and down in the sea, lost at sea Should I stand as captain or draw straws till the last? Metal don't collapse, like a dream. Don't just avoid eye contact in a dream that might be turning true When there'll soon be only death to nourish you. So I hoist up the flag and sails shore this dingy up with planks and nails shes a beautiful galleon set sail for the setting sun Then boom boom boom crack the cannon ball blasts knock a humpback out with the steel ball's mass and we laugh and suck its bones and we never ever talk about home. Boom! I feel it coming, the air breaths out the kitchen,
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Once our Honeypot was decorated and freshly painted We set sail down the M60 eagerly but legally on Thursday night Cos waiting there our new friend Long ears and short tail end Had packed his bags and said his last goodbyes We drove home our little bag of bones and laughed as is sniffed round every room Our posh rug in horror protested: "That dog will molest me, don't leave us alone" First we called him Spot Then we added ty-poo And now he signs all his checks Mr Monk E Moo He sailed over the Irish sea Such a long long way For such a little little piggy And on this ship This ship of salty sea dogs Captain Spots only rule was: Don't splash me (woof) Morning Yoga's at eight Then its bag to bed at five past And if he like you, he'll put his bum on you It's Mr Monkey Moo.
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Mankind 06:12
’Twas another night in Strangeways And all through the big house The only creature stirring was a scrawny little mouse Dumb enough to think that we had scraps to spare Mate we even fight over dreams of cheese when the cupboards are this bare. And as I lay in my bunk The keys jangled in the lock Like a dog that hears the postman I was all excitement and shock “Now you two play nice” the jailer laughed as he left And this big guy mooched in singing under his breath: Mankind is gonna save you He's got two eyes on you He sees in your heart So make sure your heart is true. As you know I’m a real nice guy and I’ve been brought up to share So I showed my new cell-mate round the gaff Even offered him a chair I said “Nice singing, I like it, you know I’m in a band?” But the way he looked at me I knew he'd never understand. He reached into his bag Pulled out a poster all rolled up Then pinned the dog-eared corners to the wall just where I stood On unfolding he unveiled what can only be described As a life sized portrait of the wrestler Mankind. Mankind is gonna save you He's got two eyes on you He sees in your heart So make sure your heart is true. Now I’ve been in here too long to know its a bad idea to laugh But seeing this hairy wrestler sweating in his leather-face mask Drew the squeak of a giggle from somewhere deep inside And as it made for this nut's ears he quickly cut me down to size. “Don't you laugh at this icon for you will feel his wrath The true path to salvation is upon Mankind's path Accept him as your spirit guide and learn about his ways” And I’m not kidding he just went on like that for days! Mankind is gonna save you He's got two eyes on you He sees in your heart So make sure your heart is true. A plan I hatched at midnight to rid me of these two pests A poster of a wrestler and the man that its possessed I snook across the prison yard Stole scissors from a sleeping guard And crept back in But I didn't kill him And while he soundly slept and snored I snipped a sliver of the poster A millimetre off each side so subtle he wouldn't notice And tucked up back in bed I ate the pieces I'd cut off The evidence eaten, a job well done, I slept like a sneaky log. I did this every night for months The poster slowly shrinking But so gradual was its demise Its disciple just kept thinking That all was as it should be, mankind was by his side But more and more I saw growing confusion in his eyes. Mankind is gonna save you He's got two eyes on you He sees in your heart So make sure your heart is true. Four months into my plan and Mankind's a quarter smaller By Christmas I’ll have eaten it all, get things back how they ought a But Christmas had come early when I heard my cell-mate scream “He's coming out the wall for me, tell me its a dream!” And as he held his head and rocked the white coats they dragged him off A look of sheer horror was the only goodbye I got See an optical illusion played tricks upon his brain He didn't see the poster shrink but Mankind grow in the frame. Like he was looming out the poster like he was peering out the wall reaching out to grab him and chase him down the hall! Mankind is gonna save you He's got two eyes on you He sees in your heart So make sure your heart is true.
4.
I'm an atom I'm the little guy doing all the work Upstairs is the big guy a faceless corporation or something holy? It depends what you believe.. (Don't ask me I just work here) I'm currently stationed at sea As part of the thin and delicate tivia convulsiva covering the lateral surface of a Southern Right Whales left eye Yeah I've had worse jobs But every night I close my eyes I dream of the girl I left behind. Now I need to be back in my baby's arms She'll be up each night waiting Sipping peppermint tea And time cannot hurt her And it can't hurt me We met in a Summer's meadow Oh I will never forget that night Rising up with the Sunrise We grew together two parts of a petal Oh but the seasons change so fast Now I need to be back in my baby's arms She don't sleep right without me I sweep her mattress for peas And time cannot hurt her And it can't hurt me My room is just a damp and tiny cell Your picture in my wallets all that proves its not Hell. Take this ID, lanyard and tag Jump in the sea and swim right back. Now I need to be back in my baby's arms If i'm not back by Autumn our home will be sieged Cos with no-one to pass her a glass and some paper the spiders won't leave The spiders won't leave.
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Minor Hit 02:54
I've scored myself a minor hit The first peg on the battleship And I've made a tiny splash Poured the caustic soda in the bath And now I know how these things go For others not like me What page am I on? Which photo did they use? Mum, keep all the cuttings from the evening news. Cos I've made a tiny wave After all they're only babies And i'm sought out by the spotlight I hear the choppers circling Where will I sleep tonight? And now I know how these things go For others not like me Where did you get your inspiration? Why did you do it? Why did you have to do it? Minor hit....I think my face it just fit And now I know why pigeons always walk through wet cement Its no accident! Build or destroy it Build or destroy it Minor hit Minor hit I think my face it just fit Now I've a sick taste for it.

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Written, recorded, nominated, supported, lobbied, voted for, threatened, protested against, elevated to divinity, mourned, rebirthed and witnessed by Limbs.

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released November 25, 2016

Limbs are:

Michael Chadwick
Mark Jones
Martin Roscoe
Robert Bowes

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Michael Chadwick UK

Songwriter and performer. Making music with Limbs and composing for anything else that looks fun.. Always looking to write for new interesting projects, have a look round and email: mchadwickmusic@gmail.com

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