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Uploaded by on Jul 21, 2010

Further into the fog I fall
Well, I was just
Following you!
When you said: "Do as I do and scrap your fey ways"
(Dial-A-Cliche)
"Grow up, be a man, and close your mealy-mouth!"
(Dial-A-Cliche)
But the person underneath
Where does he go?
Does he slide by the wayside?
Or ... does he just die?
And you find that you've organised
Your feelings, for people
Who didn't like you then
And do not like you now
But still you say: "Do as I do and scrap your fey ways"
(Dial-A-Cliche)
"Grow up, be a man, and close your mealy-mouth!"
(Dial-A-Cliche)
"The Safe way is the only way!
There's always time to change, son!"
I've changed
But I'm in pain!
Dial-A-Cliche

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  • This track is hugely underrated.

  • "And you find that you've organised your feelings for people who didn't like you then and do not like you now". Ain't that the truth?

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  • i want to cry while listening to this because of 2 things: truly lyric and generally beautiful song

  • I like how he sings the dramatic line "I've changed

    But I'm in pain!"

  • @CuriousMoth

    Beautifully and insightfully articulated, mate!

  • i want to fall head long into his mind....i love every song he writes..

  • Holy shit what a great song

    

  • Isso é muito bom, ainda bem que existe algo assim...

  • i sing this in the shower all the time...

  • 1 person is a cliche :)

  • I'd tend to say this song is about prescribed roles in society, how you're ostracised for not fitting in and expected to 'grow up and be a man' even when it isn't you. So you try to fit their standards and you might be able to manage it for a while, but ultimately it's a tiring act and a thin veneer. All the things they didn't like about you are still there and show through, but because you've hidden them under a false visage, who you really are is shameful to you and thus unaccepted by them.

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