[Intro]
Treat me like a doormat, wipe me out
Take my will and grind it into dust
You're free to do what you are told
Until the rights to you are sold
[Refrain]
You take away, I give you all
You take away, I give you all
You take away, I give you all I got
[Chorus]
Mandelay
Mandelay
Mandelay
Mandelay
Mandelay
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
Mandelay
Mandelay
[Verse]
Relinquish what it takes to heal
Relinquish touch and taste and feel
Relinquish all I ever known
Relinquish all and turn to stone
Relinquish what's inside my head
Relinquish all I've ever read
Relinquish all that I enjoy
Forget that I am just a boy
Deny myself the simplest pleasure
Increase the suffocating pressure
Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear
Appear
[Refrain]
You take away, I give you all
You take away, I give you all
You take away, I give you all I got
Take away, I give you all
You take away, I give you all
You take away, I give you all I got
[Chorus]
Mandelay
Mandelay
Mandelay
[Bridge]
Take away, I give you all
Take away, I give you all (Mandelay)
Take away, I give you all
Take away, I give you all (Mandelay)
Take away, I give you all
Take away, I give you all
Take away, I give you all
Take away, I give you all
Take away, I give you all
Take away, I give you all
Take away, I give you all
Take away, I give you all