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Kate Tempest
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Harry's staring at his chicken
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He's trying hard to listen without hating
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But everything David says
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Seems to make him like him less
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His little brother Pete is waiting
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For the appropriate place to say
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'Oh right, yeah'
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And make an interested face
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Miriam feels distant
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She knows her sons are trying hard
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But trying hard
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Just increases the friction
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It's never been tense like this
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Harry looks around at his mother's new kitchen
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And can't help but think of his dad
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Alone in that house where they all used to live
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Putting his half pint of semi-skimmed
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Back into the fridge
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Dad
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With his silent ways
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And his smiling face
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No romance, just basic
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Straight forwards, no frills, no fuss
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But at least he was a man you could trust
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Not like this guy, this David
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Face like a pill head at the end of a rave
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Staring at my mum like he wants to be saved
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Harry feels weak today, he can't take it
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And he doesn't know it but he's glaring
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Thinking of Becky
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And why he insisted on sharing
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So much with a stranger
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He feels a faint sense of danger
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Ashamed that he'd made a
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Fool of himself, he's an idiot
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Sees it in his mind's eye, insidious
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Him, spilling out his guts like a suicidal shogun
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Looking for deliverance
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Dithering fool feeling silly and hopelessly broken
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Blithering on while she was smoking
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What was he thinking?
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Heart opening up like it was blinking
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Becky. He feels her name, it's heavy
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Don't forget me
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Snap back to the room
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He flinches at the image
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Miriam is finishing her wine
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And Pete is asking for the spinach
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'Er, how's work, Harry?'
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David's features are tipped towards him
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'Fine, thanks,' Harry looks up, 'exhausting.'
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'Yes,' David smiles, 'but hard work is always rewarding.'
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Even David's enthusiasm is boring
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'How long have you worked there?' he asks
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And Harry thinks of all them years he's spent
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Scheming and shotting
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'Little while, now. To be honest, I've forgotten.'
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'Oh yes, well time does fly in the work place,'
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David smiles, nodding
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All he ever wanted to be was good enough
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All he ever wanted to say was the right thing
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But as long as you live for the way you're perceived
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You will never create, only bite things
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All he ever wanted to do was the done thing
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All he ever wanted to make was the grade
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But as long as you live for other people's opinions
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You'll never be more than afraid
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