Manganese

[Verse 1]

They say the wind moans

Maybe the true gods of England alight on the breeze

Calling me back home

The melody kisses me gently, the breeze

Sets me on fire

I burst from the mire

No crystal geyser, no hot air balloon

But I'm high as hell on the world

Girl, when we're grown

Girl, how we've grown

[Chorus]

Well, you must be alone

To fall to your knees

Stacked by the seas

Black with disease

[Verse 2]

That's my manganese

As young men bang on the wheel

And yell, "Fucking trains!"

As they wait for the rain

And the sunset flickers through the cracks in the carriage

Like a very old film

Like a very old film

And we settle back for twenty-odd minutes before heading back

Back, back, back into the kiln

Back into the kiln, yeah

Oooh

Singing, "That's my manganese", ah, yeah

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Well, you must be alone

To fall to your knees

Stacked by the seas

Black with disease

[Outro]

That's my manganese

That's my manganese

That's my manganese

That's my manganese

That's my manganese

That's my manganese

That's my manganese

That's my manganese

That's my manganese