Year of Grace

lyrics & music by Amanda Caldwell

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For Percy

VERSE 1:

A clever disguise
to pretend you're no prize—
your secret's safe with me.

Your inanity
an excuse for vanity,
as English as afternoon tea.

Can I forgive your machinations,
lost in ostentation,
or surrender to disharmony?


CHORUS:

Do you hate this
inbred greatness
you can't hide,
you can't hide?

Your name a scarlet flower,
your love a fortified tower
I can't climb,
I can't climb.


VERSE 2:

Playing red rover
on the white cliffs of Dover,
but it's always yourself you send over.

My wilting contempt
my impoverished attempt
to forget what I fantasized.

Calculated disdain
just to cover up the tearstains
I can't hide,
I can't hide.


CHORUS:

Do you hate this
inbred greatness
you can't hide,
you can't hide?

Your name a scarlet flower,
your love a fortified tower
I can't climb,
I can't climb.

You must hate this
inbred greatness
you can't hide,
you can't hide.

Your name a scarlet flower,
your love a fortified tower
I can't climb,
I can't climb.


Playing red rover
on the white cliffs of Dover,
but it's never yourself you send over.

...

Send yourself over.

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