Man Down

Man down Before we get another Man down Let's hear it for our brothers Man down There's no need to keep it all inside Man down Don't you live by their command now And be another cardboard cut out There are so many ways that you could shine I'll be grateful always For the way that I was raised Who I want to be Wasn't decided for me I'll be sorry always To see other men chase The alpha prison cell Cutting out parts of themselves Yeah I know what you're thinking You reckon I'm giving permission For you to keep worshipping All that aggression But is it your own script you're reading from? Or garbled quotes from Tyler Durden? So long we attributed greatness to us only As if confidence and perseverance were somehow our territory It's not a zero sum game You don't lose from a woman's gain She's merely casting off her chains Now why can't we just do the same? Man down Before we get another Man down Let's hear it for our brothers Man down There's no need to keep it all inside Man down Don't you live by their command now And be another cardboard cut out There are so many ways that you could shine And yet still we don't confide Like a king must never cry When you reject that heavy crown It can never bring you down No wonder so many of us are struggling There were so few spaces we could be vulnerable in So much of our humanity has been stripped away The only emotion we have left is rage Surely we deserve something better Rather than retreating as scared shallow projector If you don't know what it really means to be a man anymore Take a look around, you've got more options than ever before I know that you can find The will to explore The person that was frightened out of you at age four Never let someone else set the bar You're a man because you say you are Man down Before we get another Man down Let's hear it for our brothers Man down There's no need to keep it all inside Man down Don't you live by their command now And be another cardboard cut out There are so many ways that you could shine