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E TO C# MINOR
MANNA FACTORY
MAN LIKE FIGHT
I SAW YOU
SIT CLOSE, TOO CLOSE TO SEE MY FRAME
I TOLD YOU
NOW YOU LOOK BACK ACROSS THE WAY
SET IN STONE
REACH OUT, CRY OUT, WE'LL FILL THE AIR
I LAY DOWN
NO BREAKS, MISTAKES HAVE GONE AWAY......
ALL FIRE UP
TOGETHER, IT MUST BE THE WAY
A WAKE UP
STRAIGHT UP, HEADS DOWN, BREAK FOR THE DAY.....

CHORUS:
I'LL SEE YOU THERE
SEE A GLARE
STANDING THERE
YOU STAND I'LL GLIDE

AND SO TO
UP FRONT SEEMS FREE, THE WAY TO BE
I KNOW YOU
TAKE TIME TO RUN AND WE WILL SEE

AND UP CLOSE
SIT CLOSE, SO CLOSE YOU SEE MY FRAME
A BUILD UP
SO HIGH THERE'S NO ONE TO LAY BLAME.....

CHORUS:
I'LL SEE YOU THERE
SEE A GLARE
STANDING THERE
YOU STAND, I'LL GLIDE

DON’T YOU KNOW I'M ON INSIDE
YOUR TELES ON AND I'M INSIDE
LOOK TO SEE IF YOU HAVE TIME
IM STILL ME IM DOING TIME

PIN ON ME I WEAR IT PROUD
FITTED UP DRESSED FOR A CROWD
FEEL THE WALLS COME OUT TO ME
HOLD ME TIGHT I'M OUT OF SIGHT
I'M THE MANNA FACTORY
NO SLAVE A MAN JUST GOING CHEAP

PUT IN A CLAIM ARE YOU SURE YOU'LL STILL FEED ME?
OUT OF THE WAY 'COS I KNOW YOU'RE SLEEPING

I SEE YOU, I NOTICE
YOU'RE NOT SO, SO FOCUSED
NOW SOMEHOW
THE DAYS GO, THE NIGHTS SLOW
YOU SHIVER AND I'M A
SPARK JUST A SPARK

BACK TO ME I'M DEAD INSIDE
THERE'S ROOM FOR ME BUT I'VE GOT PRIDE
TAKE A TRIP INTO THE TOWN
FAKE A LOOK THEN WALK AROUND

ITS HISTORY SAYS IT'S DOING FINE
MY HISTORY SAYS THAT IT’S THE CRIME
IF YOU GO ANOTHER TOWN
RIVERS RED AND BULLET SOUNDS
I'M THE MANNA FACTORY
NO SLAVE A MAN JUST GOING CHEAP

PUT IN A CLAIM ARE YOU SURE YOU'LL STILL FEED ME?
OUT OF THE WAY 'COS I KNOW YOU'RE SLEEPING

PLEASED TO MEET YOU, I HAVE SEEN YOUR KIND
PLEASED TO BEAT YOU OUT OF SIGHT AND MIND
'COS YOU WILL NEVER SEE US THERE
DOWN ON KNEES WITH YOUR DISEASE, I'M CLEAR
IT'S ON THE TRACKS AND IN THE HOMES
STAND IN LINE THE CLONES ON THRONES I FEAR

WE ARE FREE
THE FORM IS FIGHTING BUT WE'RE ALL STANDING
WE ARE FREE…

INDUSTRY SAYS, WE SHOULD GET OUR SHARE
REPRISE THE REASON, MOUTH THE WORDS “WE CARE”
'COS YOU WILL NEVER SEE US THERE
DOWN ON KNEES WITH YOUR DISEASE, WE'RE CLEAR
IT'S ON THE TRACKS AND IN THE HOMES
STAND IN LINE THE CLONES ON THRONES I FEAR

WE ARE FREE
THE FORM IS FIGHTING
BUT WERE ALL STANDING
WE ARE FREE, LIES YOU SEE, YOU CANT TRUST ME…

MINUTE MOVEMENT
ON THE MEND
THE DIFFERENCE
FEELING THE WAY HOME
BUILD FIRES IN THE COLD
COLOUR-CODED, I AM BOLD

AND THEN THE TRAP DOORS IN THE FIELD
ON THE DAY YOU WENT AWAY
WERE RESIGNED AND PUT AT BAY

I SEE AND HEAR
NEAR BLIND AND NOT CLEAR
THE CHANCE HAS COME OUR WAY
YOU SEEM SO SURPRISED

BACK. STRAIGHT OUT ON THE NIGHT
WE'RE BLACK AGAINST THE COLD
WITHOUT YOU I WILL FOLD

AND IN THE MORNING AFTER LIGHTS
I FOUGHT TO FIND THIS HOME
NEVER LEAVE ALONE

I SEE AND I HEAR
NEAR BLIND AND NOT CLEAR
THE CHANCE HAS COME OUR WAY
YOU SEEM SO SURPRISED

I'VE SEEN THE WORLD, THE COLOURED REAMS
BEEN THROWN AROUND LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES

TAKE ME AWAY, ABSORB TO SKY
THERE'S NO NEED TO FEAR HER
TRAVEL THE DAY, TURN THE DAY IS NIGH
CRACKED LOOK IN THE MIRROR

THEN AGAIN
ON THE MEND
LOOK AGAIN
LOSE A FRIEND

WITH YOUR DAY SO LONG WILL I SEE YOU THERE?
WITH THE DAY SO LONG I WILL SEE YOU THERE.

THEN AGAIN
ON THE MEND
LOOK AGAIN
FIND A FRIEND

WHY IS IT I FEEL DIFFERENT?
WHY'S IT I FEEL DIFFERENT TO YOU?
WHY IS IT I FEEL DIFFERENT?
WHY'S IT I FEEL DIFFERENT TO YOU?

I WALK DOWN THE STREET AND THE LIGHTS STAY GREEN
YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET AND YOU SAY IT'S BLUE
WHY ARE YOU SEEMING SO COLD
I NO LONGER CARE WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD

YOU SAY YOU'LL BE OUT WITH ME BUT
I END UP SURROUNDED BY STONE COLD COLD MEN

THEY CAME CALLING
PIERCE YOU WITH A WHITE FEATHER
THEY WERE CLONES, THERE WERE LINES DRAWN OUT
WERE SHOT DOWN AND BLED RED TOGETHER
AND NOW THE SOIL'S CRAWLING/CALLING
"JUST SAY THE WORD."
WAS IT FAME?
AND NOW THE NIGHT'S MORNING/MOURNING
THEY WON'T BE HEARD
WE WILL SHOUT TO BE HEARD

©The Stayaways, 2007.