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Grooming For Greatness

from TICKING BOXES by Flying Foxes

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Yeah i saw him climb up on the treadmill
Run from what he loves
Leaves behind his limits
In the race to rise above
Being groomed for greatness
In the land of boys and cars
They wash away their weakness
With Penfolds and cigars

They will try to tell you what to fear
Crouch and whisper nightmares in your ear
Have their peers
We just call them friends
Love the means not the end
We don't care how it ends
They will try to tell you what to fear
Crouch and whisper nightmares in your ear
Have their peers
We just call them friends
Love the means not the end
We don't care how it ends

Chip upon his shoulder
Listen to him huff and puff
Memorized the HR handbook
But what if that's not enough?
Hates the hoops he jumps through
And now he likes it rough
The years of desperation
Can make you think you’re tough

They will try to tell you what to fear
Crouch and whisper nightmares in your ear
Have their peers
We just call them friends
Love the means not the end
We don't care how it ends
They will try to tell you what to fear
Crouch and whisper nightmares in your ear
Have their peers
We just call them friends
Love the means not the end
We don't care how it ends

Smirk smeared upon his profile
Broadcasts his pedigree
And the hours that I'm keeping
Scream of delinquency
The crest below his collar
Doesn't mean a thing to me
I know he's just afraid me
He's not my real enemy

So what's the point of dreaming in one line
So what's the point of pimping out your spine
Working a job you struggle to explain
"Don't say that!"
I'm a brat...
"Don't complain!"
I'm a pain... x2

Tell me the point of dreaming in one line
So what's the point of pimping out your spine
Working a job you struggle to explain
"Don't say that!"
I'm a brat...
"Don't complain!"
I'm a pain... x2

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from TICKING BOXES, released February 1, 2010

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Flying Foxes Sydney, Australia

Flying Foxes are a musical duo based in Sydney comprising local Benjamin Maher and New Zealand expatriate Rachel Wintle. Their second album Beat Repeat is released on 9th April 2013. Jordy Lane returned to mix, record and produce the album while he wasn't busy with with own bands Shady Lane and Richard In Your Mind. ... more

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