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The Green Manalishi Lyrics
Now, when the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks
The night is so black that the darkness cooks
Don't you come creepin' around
makin' me do things I don't want to
Can't believe that you need my love so bad
Come sneakin' around tryin' to drive me mad
Bustin' in on my dreams
making me see things I don't wanna see
'Cause you're da Green Manalishi with the two prong crown
All my tryin' is up
all your bringin' is down
Just taking my love then slippin' away
Leavin' me here just tryin' to keep from following you
The night is so black that the darkness cooks
Don't you come creepin' around
makin' me do things I don't want to
Come sneakin' around tryin' to drive me mad
Bustin' in on my dreams
making me see things I don't wanna see
All my tryin' is up
all your bringin' is down
Just taking my love then slippin' away
Leavin' me here just tryin' to keep from following you
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It is about money, and show-biz, the evil money. Peter Green couldn't stand the stardom, and all this fame thing really dragged him down in the and.. And this song was the last song he recorded with Fleetwood Mac before he disappeared..
As in most blues-rock songs (although this one was well on the way towards psychedelia), the lyrics pale againt the instrumentals. And here, Green's solo, and disturbingly distorted wailing, convey his growing insanity and despair far more poignantly than the almost trite lyrics do.
@IV1066 Not sure about 'trite'. If you've ever been in a state where you felt you were losing it...
@IV1066 Not sure about 'trite'. If you've ever been in a state where you felt you were losing it...
The lyrics read as rather sinister and insightful to me.
The lyrics read as rather sinister and insightful to me.
this is undoubtedly the best Fleetwood mac song by far. When Peter Green left fleetwood mac, stevie nicks made the best blues rock band some shitty pop crap. BTW the live at boston concert version is awesome, 15 and a half of the best guitar solo ive eva heard. PETER GREEN ROCKS!!!
You get fed up with your band's obsession with money, so you record one final song with them, ABOUT how you're sick of their obsession with money. That's so fucking punk. Long live Peter Green!
GREEN Manalishi = Money Two-Pronged Crown = The Devil It's about a dream Peter had when he was visited by a devil dog, telling him how money evil was, etc. By this time he was well on his way to Schizophrenia, and this was the last song he recorded with the Mac, before he walked out when the rest of the band refused to give their money away.
To me, this song has always been about Peter Green and his battle with himself. For a time, Peter Green was called The Green God. (something random: Eric Clapton was called God...on grafitti, I believe? and at one point Green was called "better than God") PG had a lot of pressure on him to be succesful.
Peter's reason is money and the devil. But the prior reviewer that also comments about's about his battle with himself is spot on.
The song documents Peter's mental health problems veering out of control to the point where those LSD trips are causing hallucinations and destroying his ability to function. I've always said this is Hellhound On My Trail, but without just the metaphor and symbolism. The Green Manalishi is a musical document of someone losing their sanity. Probably the most musical documentation of that you'll ever hear.
Scary piece.
This is one of my all time favorite songs. I think Manalishi relates to the Indian Himalaya town called Manali. It is ‘famous’ for the cannabis and poppy cultivation in that region. Maybe that’s why Peter Green got bad memories using these goods. But I don’t know if he has been Manali.
About money and showbiz and crap like that but this is my favorate judas priest song cuz the riff in the intro i love it to death and I can play it on the guitar.