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Mannequin

from TOAST by Art Making Animals

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lyrics

I have tried on this week fifteen versions of me
Then I found one that fit but I breathed and it split
That last version of me felt so damn cheap
So please God slip me some skin
Breath life into this mannequin

Oh Mannequin dressed as me

Project an emoji onto this skull
Make me more emotional
Cause inside I’m hunger and hope and wire
Make outside from bones and eyes and fire
Yes inside I’m hunger and hope and wire
Make outside from bones and eyes and fire

Oh Mannequin dressed as me

I saw Taylor Swift writ neat in the peat
On the top of mount Kinder Scout
I saw The Clash writ large in lava
Inside the crater of Mount Etna
I saw the Stone Roses writ in mill stone grit, such wit
Among the tags at Armscliffe Crags

Maybe it’s a calling to a version of me
Maybe it's a cairn to way-mark my way

Maybe it guides me to upland and woodland
Through boreal taiga to wide open moorland
Maybe it draws me to sea cliff and wonder
Through deserts and glaciers and featureless tundra
Maybe i’ll follow those great piles of rock
That way-mark the pilgrims to the giants of pop
Or maybe i'll stumble on stumbling blocks
Or maybe you’ll follow and maybe you’ll flock
To the trig point altars at the mountain top
And there will be standing
For the whole world to see
A mannequin
Dressed as me

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from TOAST, track released January 12, 2023

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Art Making Animals Leeds, UK

Art Making Animals are Ben Denison and Mark Parrini.

We started “making noise with friends” over 20 years ago with a plan to write an album one song a year.

20 years of friendship later we have finally finished what we started.

Art Making Animals is about the joy of making music with close and trusted friends, and what a joy it has been.

And if listening is love, we can’t thank you enough. ... more

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