“Man’s World” is the lead single from Marina’s fifth studio album, Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land. The track describes the inequality faced by women and members of the LGBTQ+ community, with reference to climate change and eco-feminism.
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[Verse 1]
Cheeks are rosy like a Boucher cherub
I'm a strawberry soda, raise my lashes to heaven
Stars in my hair running like a waterfall
Clouds in the whites of our eyes, we saw it all
Burnt me at the stake, you thought I was a witch
Centuries ago, now you just call me a bitch
[Chorus]
Mother Nature's dying, nobody's keeping score
I don't wanna live in a man's world anymore
I don't wanna live in a man's world anymore
Anymore
[Verse 2]
Marilyn's bungalow, it's number seven
In the pink palace where men made her legend
Owned by a sheik who killed thousands of gay men
I guess that's why he bought the campest hotel in L.A. then
[Chorus]
Mother Nature's dying, nobody's keeping score
I don't wanna live in a man's world anymore
I don't wanna live in a man's world anymore
[Post-Chorus]
If you have a mother
Daughter or a friend
Maybe it is time
Time you comprehend
The world that you live in
Ain't the same one as them
So don't punish me
For not being a man
[Bridge]
Spring appears when the time is right
Women are violets coming to light
Don't underestimate the making of life
The planet has a funny way of stopping a fight
[Chorus]
Mother Nature's dying, nobody's keeping score
I don't wanna live in a man's world anymore
I don't wanna live in a man's world anymore
[Post-Chorus]
If you have a mother
Daughter or a friend
Maybe it is time
Time you comprehend
The world that you live in
Ain't the same one as them
So don't punish me
'Cause I'm not a man
[Outro]
So don't punish me
'Cause I'm not a man
'Cause I'm not a man
Man’s World was written by MARINA.
Man’s World was produced by Jennifer Decilveo & MARINA.
MARINA released Man’s World on Wed Nov 18 2020.
I wrote it last summer in August. I’d already decided I was gonna write this new record alone, and the process felt like a reaction to what I had previously released, which is often the case. Each record I do is sort of like the opposite of the previous one. At the time I was mostly inspired by the...