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Unspoken Rules

from Flying Machine by Emma Ballantine

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Upbeat yet bittersweet, this wistful pop tune, the single from the EP, considers the pleasure and pain of nostalgia, summed up in the little things we hoard and the memories we hang onto. Two voices compete to be heard – one looking back on what might have been, the other fighting the temptation to revisit the past.

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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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from Flying Machine, released August 14, 2012
Recorded and produced with David Rael, London 2012

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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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