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Remember what my father said?
We laughed it off at the time.
But he was nearer to the mark,
Maybe everything’s not fine.

And if I asked you to come back now
I know that you would not just decline
You’d look me in the eyes and say
‘I would rather die.’

So I’m burning all the bridges
That we built up over time.
Not that I’d admit it,
I can be quite unkind.

A rat running from a ship we manned.
I’m running from the life we planned,
But it’s darker now in front than it ever was behind.

So I admit that I have lost my way
But would I say you that you were right?
I couldn’t look myself in the eye,
No.
I would rather die.

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

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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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