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Androgyny by Garbage

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Garbage

Androgyny

Release date: 26th September 2001

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'Androgyny' by Garbage is a 2001 Rock track from the album 'beautifulgarbage'. Its lyrics look bleakly at things going wrong and feeling unable to see the point, then push back towards change, connection, and a desire not to be alone. A teasing, lyrical question asks why people cannot just get along, before circling back to the “Boys” motif. One of the song’s key refrains frames life as unstable, but insists that nothing needs to stay that way, with the central theme hovering around love and togetherness.

"Androgyny" is a single by Garbage, from the album beautifulgarbage, released 26th September 2001. The track is 3:10 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about Garbage.

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Lyrics

Androgyny

When everything is going wrong
And you can't see the point of going on
Nothing in life is set in stone
There's nothing that can't be turned around

Nobody wants to be alone
Everybody wants to love someone
Out of the tree go pick a plum
Why can't we all just get along?

Boys
Boys in the girl's room
Girls
Girls in the men's room
You free your mind in your androgyny
Boys
Boys in the parlor
Girls
They're getting harder
I'll free your mind in your androgyny

No sweeter a taste that you could find
Than fruit hanging ripe upon the vine
There's never been an oyster so divine
A river deep that never runs dry

What you need, what you need
What you need, what you need
What you need, what you need
What you need, what you need
What you need

The birds and the bees they hum along
Like treasures they twinkle in the sun
Get on board and have some fun
Take what you need to turn you on

Boys
Boys in the girl's room
Girls
Girls in the men's room
You free your mind in your androgyny
Boys
Boys in the parlor
Girls
They're getting harder
I'll free your mind
I'll free your mind
I'll free your mind
I'll free your

Boys
Behind closed doors and under stars
Girls
It doesn't matter where you are
Boys
Collecting jewels that catch your eye
Girls
Don't let a soulmate pass you by

Boys in the girl's room
Girls in the men's room
You free your mind in your androgyny
Boys in the parlor
They're getting harder
I'll free your mind
I'll free your mind

Boys in the girl's room
Girls in the men's room
You free your mind in your androgyny
Boys in the parlor
They're getting harder
I'll free your mind
I'll free your mind
I'll free your mind
I'll free your

Boys
Girls
Boys
Girls

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beautifulgarbage
Garbage
27th September 2001
Track number
2
Release year
2001
  1. 1Shut Your Mouth
    3:26
  2. 2Androgyny
    3:10
  3. 3Can't Cry These Tears
    4:16
  4. 4Til the Day I Die
    3:28

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