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Beautiful Failure

from Deceptively Heavy by Curt Smith

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A song about my eldest daughter when she was 10. The most amazing child who unfortunately at that age was going through a period of self doubt. Beautiful Failure was how she saw herself, not how I saw her.

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Beautiful failure, sooner or later we’ll say so long
Unusual stranger, counting the days until the tide runs out
We’re winding down
Hey as long as you can smile you’re alive
Won’t you stay and just breathe for a while
You’re a mile away
Beautiful failure, growing in greater than the sum of your parting
Goodbye familiar alien, huddled with strangers round the fire
Escaping the cold, don’t cry
Hey as long as you can smile you’re alive
Won’t you stay and just breathe for a while
You’re a mile away
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
And down comes cradle baby and all
Beautiful failure, bolder and brighter than the sails
That take you away

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from Deceptively Heavy, track released July 16, 2013

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Curt Smith Los Angeles, California

Curt Smith is the co-founder of Tears For Fears, with which he continues to tour worldwide, as well as an acclaimed solo musician. He also writes music for film, television and the web, most recently scoring the independent feature Meth Head,. He's a regular speaker at creative, media and technology events including TEDxHollywood, TEDxSan Francisco and the USC Annenberg Online Communities program. ... more

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