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Balance Lyrics by Kae Tempest

Everything Speaks In Its Own Way

2012

Far away in a distant land
These four kids grew up firm friends
Ambition was the youngest
A bright eyed kid with a numbness
Where his logic should have been 'cause he was ruled by his hungers

Then there was Pride,
He walked with a broad stride
Because he from himself would his weaknesses hide
And people liked being near him
Didn't know whether they loved him or feared him
It's more they found his self-confidence endearing

And there was Talent
She was beautiful and gallant
But she lived for her senses and not for her sense,
So her poor heart was covered in dents
Her poor heart was covered in dents

Oldest was Envy
Now Envy's eyes often seemed empty
She would talk loud in lengthy sentences
Friends were sensitive
Tall and cold,
Her eyes we're green like skin
When it's marked by fake gold

They grew up, fell out
Made up, got drunk
Hung out from sun up to sun in
And they got done in and they hit the ground running
Looked for and found something
But it all turned into nothing though,
When Pride got with Talent,
Envy with Ambition
They forgot how to listen
Things changed, became different
Everything was competition now
Talent and Pride became bitter, despised
They got hateful, sarcastic, dreary and drastic
Yes they loved each other greatly,
But their fights were terrible.
And they raised each other high up on pedestals

They isolated themselves
They stopped speaking to ambition and envy
They distanced themselves from Ambition and Envy
They became distant, unfriendly
That's when ambition got sad and cried plenty
Her indignation roused
She wanted more than what she had found with ambition
He was always looking but only got what he was given
Concerned not with what his hands held
But what they could be gripping
He was always chasing never thought to fill the space in
And envy made him more desperate
with every pointed conversation
Always forcing the comparison
Making him address
How every time he promised more
She always ended up with less

And so four firm friends became four fierce forces,
Heading for that awkward stage that precedes most divorces
Four joint segments of a one bodied party
Just drifted apart and turned nasty

But, Pride keeps Envy at bay.
Ambition helps Talent become more than just apparent.

Talent it will flourish,
This will enable Pride,
Which quells Envy.

You see they should exist side by side,
Because these factors contribute to balance.
Alone pride is often envious of talent.
And yes many have ambition but talent they haven't.
And some have talent and get envious of proud ambition.

And so alone
These four friends came to realise,
How without the others,
They're just a quarter of what they ought to be,
Still everything occurs accordingly.
But now when they meet up the conversation seems to flow awkwardly.

So they're just living separate lives
Thinking there used to be more to me
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Kae Tempest

Kae Tempest

About “Balance” by Kae Tempest

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"Balance" is credited to Kae Tempest. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Balance" appears on "Everything Speaks In Its Own Way " in 2012.

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