Mannequin

Album: Circus (2008)
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  • Always talking around this
    He wants me
    I get things, everything I wanted
    My own way, your time, goldmines
    Loose guys, on my backless, dresses, exes

    I cannot help myself, I'm just doing what I do
    Got my heart set, do anything that I want so thank you
    I like it and I do what I like
    And if you do what I like, then you'll like it

    If you wanna just
    Scream
    Scream your lungs out
    If you wanna just
    Cry
    Cry your eyes out
    I'm not doing that

    That's what I'm about

    You can cry your eyes out of your head
    Baby, baby
    I don't care, I don't care
    I don't care, I don't care
    You can cry-cry-cry again-gain-gain
    My face like a mannequin
    (Scream)
    Mannequin, yeah, I did
    It again and again
    You can cry-cry-cry again-gain-gain
    My face like a mannequin

    You told me more than he did
    And then you were frozen, imposin'
    There's no way you want me
    Watch me, trust me
    Can't impress me
    I'm not changing, I'm just

    I cannot help myself, I'm just doing what I do
    Got my heart set, do anything that I want so thank you
    I like it and I do what I like
    And if you do what I like, then you'll like it

    If you wanna just
    Scream
    Scream your lungs out
    If you wanna just
    Cry
    Cry your eyes out
    I'm not doing that

    That's what I'm about

    You can cry your eyes out of your head
    Baby, baby
    I don't care, I don't care
    I don't care, I don't care
    You can cry-cry-cry again-gain-gain
    My face like a mannequin
    (Scream)
    Mannequin, yeah, I did
    It again and again
    You can cry-cry-cry again-gain-gain
    My face like a mannequin

    My face like a mannequin
    My face like a mannequin
    My face like a mannequin
    My face like a mannequin

    Watch me
    (Watch me, watch me, watch me)
    (Watch me, watch me, watch me)
    (Watch me, watch me, watch me)
    (Watch me, watch me, watch me)
    (Watch me, watch me)

    If you wanna just
    Scream
    Scream your lungs out
    If you wanna just
    Cry
    Cry your eyes out
    (I'm not doing that)

    That's what I'm about

    You can cry your eyes out of your head
    Baby, baby
    I don't care, I don't care
    I don't care, I don't care
    You can cry-cry-cry again-gain-gain
    My face like a mannequin
    (Scream)
    Mannequin, yeah, I did
    It again and again
    You can cry-cry-cry again-gain-gain
    My face like a mannequin

    My face like a mannequin
    My face like a mannequin
    My face like a mannequin
    My face like a mannequin
    My face like a mannequin
    My face like a mannequin
    My face like a mannequin Writer/s: Britney Spears, Harvey Mason, James Fauntleroy, Robin Tadross
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Pam from Naxxar, MaltaThis is, in my opinion, one of Britney's most underrated songs. It is often said that she has no lyrical depth or no musical range. However, what is also often overlooked, is that practically all her lyrics since 'Ooops I Did It Again' have been laced with a kind of desperate plea for attention.

    In this song, the loneliness is particularly poignant when one considers the trials she had just gotten through when writing this album and this specific lyrics:

    You can cry again
    My face like a mannequin

    You told me you're lonely
    Can't hear you, can't feel you
    I'm frozen in pose and there's no way to move me
    Watch me, dress me, can't impress me
    I'm not changing, I'm just

    She says she won't cry and that she doesn't care. If you interptet it as apathy then it is the most severe kind of loneliness. If you interpret it as rising above the opinions of others, then it has a very strong positive message. either way, this is a song that wreaks of self-preservation. 'Dress me' as usual heralds to the controlling image-makers.

    The 'Watch me' repetition is particularly melancholic to listen to in such a pop song.
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