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Flying Machine

by Emma Ballantine

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Fabrizio Ori "Raw" and more aggressive EP that explains Emma's influences and spirit. Not straightforward on first listen, pleasant and genuine after playing it a few times... Favorite track: Don't Let Go.
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Flying Machine Once a man fell in love with the sky He looked up and he made up his mind He gathered all the feathers he could find And he bade his time Well this man with his head in the clouds Got a bona fide science degree He said 'now I can build my flying machine' Just you wait and see Well he built himself a studio on the seventeenth floor of the highest block he could find Leaving the world behind Nuts and bolts String and glue Paper drawings, white on blue Painted pieces all numbered through 'I built this all' he said 'for you, yes I built this all for you' Well a girl on the same block as he Climbed the staircase one day just to see She said 'I'm in love with the same sky too Won't you take me with you?' 'Oh no' he said, 'you don't understand, It's a dream in my head, I have built it by hand' 'I'll go', she said, as the gentleman tried to explain He said 'nuts and bolts Blood and tears All my ambition for all these years Private hopes and lonely fears I cannot share this', he said 'with you No I cannot share this with you' Well the seventeenth floor went quiet one day And the girl climbed the staircase to say 'it's okay So many plans we make never come to anything anyway' And she saw that the living room window was open And nothing remained of the man that she'd spoken to Just a dent on the bed as a clue that he'd been there at all 'Oh', she said, 'you built your machine' And she pictured him swimming in the clouds that she could see 'Oh', she said, 'I wish I could have seen The moment when you made it to the sky' Oh nuts and bolts String and glue Oh we watch them fly, but we don't know where to Ooh 'I'll build this all', she said, 'for you, yes I'll build this all for you'
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Unspoken Rules Warm champagne You poured it in the park that day You said that we should celebrate While we were young Well I held my tongue But I kept that cork It's sitting in a box in that drawer With all the things I hoard What would you say if you knew I fell in love that day? Sitting on the summer grass, passing round a plastic glass I knew in my heart you didn't feel the same So I bit my lip, and I took the pain Chorus: All those years ago I thought I'd outgrow the way you had me feeling then And all the pictures show nothing has changed But everything's all unspoken Oh the Ace of Spades I saw it in the hand you played D'you think I didn't know you let me win? I played along with everything I kept that card I use it as an old bookmark And every time I turn the page It takes me to another age CHORUS Unspoken rules keep our eyes closed, our minds closed and Unspoken rules keep our hands tied, but it's all unspoken
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Don't Let Go 05:09
Don't Let Go Yesterday my car went off the road, I could have died Upside down behind the steering wheel feeling cold inside And as the rain came down, I wondered if they'd find me No one knew where I should be and no one came I made a wish, I made a few - well what else could I do? I don't know how to pray And in the gloom, in the darkness of a single room I laid on my back and a made up my mind Chorus: Cause we are always on our own People come and people go So we find a hand, a hand to hold While we make our plans and we seek our gold And all we ever know is don't let go Back from the grave, that's how it feels to see your face today Funny what it takes to make you see Too much was left unsaid and I can't stand the silence Life's too short not to say how you feel CHORUS Well they towed that car away Oh it never drove another day But in a funny way it brought me to your door And I won't play those silly games any more Cause we are always on our own People come and people go So we find a hand, a hand to hold While we dream our dreams to keep out the cold
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This Morning 04:28
This Morning It begins A dusty spring creeps in Just when you thought you'd lost the sun for good And it's strange, when you don't believe in change That the planets turn and the world surprises you again And a smile begins to form And you pass it on as you go on your way And oh, the leaves have yet to grow back again But you know they're on their way Chrous: No one's seen this morning before It's a land that we've found A new sound to hear No one's seen the sun so bright lately Or the sky so completely clear It seems anything could go from here So pick a chord in your mind Find the words to define This sense of the world coming clean And a song begins to form And the lights come on Sing it just for yourself Sing it under your breath as you go Just loud enough to hear CHORUS x 2

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released August 14, 2012

Produced and recorded with David Rael, London 2012. Featuring Anna Curzon

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Emma Ballantine UK

With a  no. 1 album and recognition from Q Magazine and Glamour, Emma Ballantine weaves together folk and contemporary influences to create her distinctive, storytelling style.

A finalist in the UK Unsigned Songwriter of the Year competition, her music has been played by BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing, and she has been described as 'a unique voice among modern songwriters'.
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