Lyric discussion by uoaeicnk 

Cover art for Donkeys lyrics by Manic Street Preachers

to me its a song about man and there role in society the ones lying and putting on lipstick are women and only there presence "a shadow on my face" is able to move tender feelings in us donkeys "sweating sickly donkeys don't allow their tears no emotion never feel and drown themselves in whatever" - all male features, whatever beeing, drugs, work, manic activity "find some meaning" the male process of individuation demands more indipendent distinction between the social environment "donkeys weight cracking a spire" - the weight of burdens of the male role being so big, that some men fail, get damaged trying to fulfill it "sweetness bent double" - the male relationship to his love and sexuality "whole days making polite" - more than women men have to force themselves to be "polite" "never moving out of turn or ever trying to be natural" - being natural for a man most often would be inapropriate "those with silence inside eyes bare piss holes in the snow drained and burnt yellow and sunk in self-pity" - introverted, weak, sensitive men often fail in society, not fitting in the role and get frustrated "jerusalem saw off donkeys are only left with lies" ... ?

@uoaeicnk Great stuff mate. Men are the donkeys of modern life for sure. Go to university and they'll tell you that the exploited are 'marginalised' people. That is not true. You only exploit those who do not understand that they are being exploited. Men pay the majority of taxes, work longer and harder, and die earlier than the women who take way more from the system than they will ever give. Acknowledging this truth gets you no-platforming from the corporate/governmental system of control, and you will be socially isolated as well. Why? Because the exploited have to remain exploited. This...

@uoaeicnk Great stuff mate. Men are the donkeys of modern life for sure. Go to university and they'll tell you that the exploited are 'marginalised' people. That is not true. You only exploit those who do not understand that they are being exploited. Men pay the majority of taxes, work longer and harder, and die earlier than the women who take way more from the system than they will ever give. Acknowledging this truth gets you no-platforming from the corporate/governmental system of control, and you will be socially isolated as well. Why? Because the exploited have to remain exploited. This...