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from Empty Words and Empty Gestures by Magpie Instinct

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lyrics

This is just the chaos
A thousand choices made at once
You would still be standing here
If you left your life to chance

It’s not the be all or the end all
It won’t define the things we do
But you’re gonna get some cold feet
If I’m walking in your shoes

You see I
I’m see through
and if I chance
To mislead you...
Well, there we go,
Everybody lies.

I’m still in love with the idea of being in love with you,
I’m still in love with the thought of being someone new.

We have all been waiting for some massive cartharsis
To change our ways, to save the day, to live our lives in bliss.
It’ll be the be all and the end all,
It will define the things we do.
I’ll look back and discover that I’m still in love with you.

You see I
I’m see through
and if I chance
To mislead you...
Well, there we go,
Everybody lies.

I’m still in love with the idea of being in love with you,
I’m still in love with the thought of being someone new.

credits

from Empty Words and Empty Gestures, released February 19, 2014
Words: Cox
Music: Everett, Cox, Albandar, Graham

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Magpie Instinct Cardiff, UK

Magpie Instinct is the musical project of songwriting partnership, Tim Cox and Hugh Everett from Cardiff formed in the Autumn of 2011. Combining a love for guitar-pop melodies, catchy choruses and dreamily driven soundscapes with witty confessions of melancholy, spite and resentment to produce a triumphantly bittersweet sound. ... more

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