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lyrics

Concise from a young age;
ever the pragmatist.
Smiling teeth never baring
the secret grimace.
You taught me to cook -
A mistake in hindsight -
You taught me compassion.
You taught me everything that I know.

Baby Forever.
Overindulgence will be the death of me.
'Cus faces always change.

The unleashing of many a star starts with a pit of heresy.
This endothermic reaction, babe, leaves no room for diplomacy.
Now the action's started;
here comes the twist of the knife.

Once cool lips, now aflame in anger;
We're held together like the land is by the sea.

Once pitied, now counted included;
for a while self-deluded of what could never be.

Baby Forever.
Overindulgence will split my heart in three.
Faces always change.
Nothing will be the same, 'cus faces always change.

You are the man I was supposed to be,
and yet I've learned without you teaching me.
And though a myriad half truths unfold,
You are still worth more than your weight in gold.

It's difficult to know just what to say.
Austere illusion keeps the truth at bay.
But the plethora of unspoken words
can make a stranger's voice hard to be heard.

The birth of an empire, the flow of the tide,
the pass of an era, the split down the side,
the pain of the young and the gain of the new,
the life lessons learned from watching the two.
The empire has fallen, the empire has fallen,
the empire has fallen, the empire has fallen,
the empire has fallen,
the empire has fallen apart.

It's fallen apart, it's fallen apart.

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from House of Cards - Part I, released December 28, 2011
Music by Alex Kelly, Tim Spargo and Chris Beattie.
Lyrics by Alex Kelly.

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The Clarity Hampshire, UK

The Clarity are a 3-piece alternative/progressive band based in the South of England. Since playing their first show in 2007, the band have undergone a musical journey, with an ever increasing complexity of musical sounds and themes becoming evident, culminating in their debut album release in 2011 of 'House Of Cards - Part I'. ... more

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