Stereo Honey take inspiration from poet Emma Payne and her dramatic poem The Boxer. The song reflects the modern day crisis of contradiction for the image of masculinity; how to be hard and immovable as men apparently “should be”, while coping with the emotional pressures of life piling on its hurts...
[Verse 1]
Losing his own nature
Tearing at the seams
When there’s little left to wait for
But a bad memory
[Verse 2]
Oh they moulded and they shaped you
Till you forgot to dream
Now the place you crawl for comfort
Is a place you can’t reach
[Chorus]
Ooh, ooh
What makes a man
What makes a man
[Verse 3]
They said you could move a mountain
Little mustard seed
Now you’re weighed and you’ve been counted
You don’t mean that much to me
[Verse 4]
And the taste it leaves on your tongue
Gives you no relief
Now you’re looking for deliverance
From things you can’t unsee
[Bridge]
So long, so long, so long
To bad memories
[Chorus]
Ooh, ooh
What makes a man
What makes a man
Ooh, ooh
What makes a man
What makes a man
[Bridge]
What makes a man
What makes a man
What makes a man
What makes a man
What makes a man
What makes a man
What makes a man
What makes a man
[Chorus]
Ooh, ooh
What makes a man
What makes a man
Ooh, ooh
What makes a man
What makes a man
What Makes A Man was written by Stereo Honey.
Stereo Honey released What Makes A Man on Fri Mar 30 2018.