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Suede – Manipulation (2018) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
Suede
The Blue Hour
Manipulation

TRACK

Manipulation

Release date: 24th April 2018

From The Blue Hour

Adult Alternative

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About This Track

"Manipulation" is a track by Suede, from the album The Blue Hour, released 24th April 2018. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 7 articles about Suede.

About the Artist

Suede

Suede

Lyrics

Manipulation

[Verse 1]

You are no ordinary girl that I know

Sat in your party dress you play with clever conversation

And if I bend to you

Oh, will you bend to me?

[Verse 2]

You show your bruises as you sit there on the stairs

And when you smile at me, you show me what I mustn't think of

And if you bend to me

Oh, will I bend to you?

[Chorus]

Aha, ah, a manipulation!

Aha, I'm well on the way

And we'll follow you to the bad place

And we're all just like pebbles in your way

[Verse 3]

I am forever leaving clues there on the page

You call me "honey" but I know you can't yet understand it

And if I bend to you

Oh, will you bend to me?

[Chorus]

Aha, ah, a manipulation!

Aha, I'm well on the way

And we'll follow you to the bad place

And we're all just like pebbles in your way

We're all just like pebbles in your way

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From The Blue Hour

2018

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Album

21st September 2018

Release year

2018

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—Don’t Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You

—Manipulation

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes
Producer: Alan Moulder, Suede