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Manipulation by Beartooth

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Beartooth

Manipulation

Release date: 27th September 2018

From Disease
Track 7
3:23
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About This Track

'Manipulation' by Beartooth is a 2018 hard rock track from the album 'Disease'. The lyrics are accusatory and claustrophobic, framing a speaker as someone who hesitated, got lost, and was treated as wounded prey, “broken down” and kept in the dark. There is an insistence on being taken apart for someone else’s ends, with isolation and waiting turning into a grim acknowledgement of control. The repeated hook underlines the theme, as if the title itself is the verdict delivered to the unseen handler.

"Manipulation" is a track by Beartooth, from the album Disease, released 27th September 2018. The track is 3:23 long. It's filed under Hard Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Beartooth.

About the Artist

Beartooth

Beartooth

Lyrics

Manipulation

This is manipulation!
Yeah!
I hesitated, got lost again
You saw me as wounded prey
I was a wreck, I was a bloody mess
And you couldn't look away
You broke me down
So you could take me out
This is isolation
Kept in the dark and waiting
You're wearing the crown of kingdoms I created
Now I can't escape it
All of the light is fading
This isn't trust
This is manipulation!
I didn't say what you wanna hear
And your lips began to curl
I'm pushing back and now you start acting
Like you gave me the world
You broke me down
So you could take me out
This is isolation
Kept in the dark and waiting
You're wearing the crown of kingdoms I created
Now I can't escape it
All of the light is fading
This isn't trust
This is manipulation!
I don't need, I don't need, I don't need you
This isn't trust
This is manipulation!
I don't believe, don't believe, don't believe you
This isn't trust
This is manipulation!
You've got hell to pay
You'll get what's coming to you
This is isolation
Kept in the dark and waiting
You're wearing the crown of kingdoms I created
Now I can't escape it
All of the light is fading
This isn't trust
This is manipulation!
I don't need, I don't need, I don't need you
This isn't trust
This is manipulation!
I don't believe, don't believe, don't believe you
This isn't trust
This is manipulation!
This is manipulation!
This is manipulation!

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Track details

From Disease

3:232018
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Album
Disease
Disease
Beartooth
28th September 2018
Track number
7
Release year
2018
  1. 1Greatness or Death
    3:22
  2. 2Disease
    3:48
  3. 3Fire
    3:26
  4. 4You Never Know
    3:03

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