Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

  

  Mannequin Pussy (https://www.facebook.com/mannequinpword) are the Philadelphia quartet who last featured on here a couple of years ago with a powerful commentary on a police force out of control :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2021/06/mannequin-pussy-pigs-is-pigs.html

  They return today with their first release since then, it's equally as impressive. It's a song that deals with religion and it's misappropriation. It's a song that suggests Heaven is inside us, not somewhere we can aspire to go if we follow some religion. It's a song that blends pop melodies with punk riffs to create what would have been a 90's rock radio staple. You can get it here :  https://mannequinpussy.bandcamp.com/album/i-got-heaven

  It's called I Got Heaven...

I went and walked myself Like a dog without a leash Now I’m growling at a stranger I am biting at their knees And if I wanted it, you really think I’d wait for the permission? For protection and assurances that all would be delivered? And like our fathers did Our mothers did And them and those before And you say you want a difference The honor to be yours And like our fathers did Our mother did And them and those before The echo and a retell Of some shit we’ve heard before And what if we stopped spinning? And what if we’re just flat? And what if Jesus himself ate my fucking snatch? And what if I’m an angel? Oh what if I’m a bore? And what if I was confident would you just hate me more? Oh, I got heaven inside of me And oh, I’m an angel I was sent here To keep you company I’m on an endless march to nothingness With only breath inside my chest And the promise of a life That you deserve, that you thought best I’m stuck inside my loneliness I’m stuck inside my grief I wish I could have been there To save you from the reach I am spiteful like a god Seek a vengeance like the rest For what they did to you I will never lay to rest It’s raw and unrelenting It is absolute regression It is vileness wrapped up And disguised as happy endings Oh I got heaven inside of me Oh I’m an angel I was sent here To keep you company