Call me out
My regret
Only makes me
Stronger yet

Nothing I've ever done right
Happened on the safe side
It's the other way
I'm missing everyone I know now

It's too late in the day
Too late in the day to take you on
All the rides

I was afraid to tell you that

Back to that photograph
Can you clone me?
I look like everyone you know now

It's too late in the day
Too late in the day to turn it around
Or change my mind

It's too late in the day to take you on
All the rides

It's too late in the day to tell me
I'm off the path
We're already in the aftermath

Call me out
My regret
Only makes me
Stronger yet

It's too late in the day
Too late in the day to turn it around
Or change my mind

It's too late in the day to take you on
All the rides

It's too late in the day to tell me
I'm off the path
We're already in the aftermath


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Clone Lyrics as written by James Shaw Emily Haines

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    I get the impression that Emily is singing about having a child as a celebrity in the public eye. She has stated on several occasions that Synthetica represents a very fake version of her and the Hollywood lifestyle. She is getting older, and wrestling with the idea of giving up her career and fame to make a clone of herself. She is also questioning her ability to raise a child in that environment; having the time to raise a happy clone, offering it the world and not disappointing the child. Celebrity babies like Suri, Maddox, Apple and Ivy Blue come to mind, and how they are thrust into the spotlight from birth, being raised by nannies when their actual parents don't have the time.

    stuffthatsgoodon July 10, 2012   Link

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