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Death of an Idealist Lyrics
This is a breakdown
You are a cancer
This will be the death of me
I'll never live this down
You will never
An amazing fall from grace
No more or less than I deserved
A gentleman a liar and a cheat
And all that's left for me
Is to usher in the death of a broken man
And the birth of another
We all seem safe in the knowledge
That you are watching over
Everything that we do
This is a breakdown
You are a cancer
You've got a lot to answer for
I'll never live this down
You will never
An amazing fall from grace
No more or less than I deserved
A gentleman a liar and a cheat
Is to usher in the death of a broken man
And the birth of another
We all seem safe in the knowledge
That you are watching over
Everything that we do
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This is about John Stonehouse, a British MP who faked his own death. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stonehouse
An essay provided by the band about the track which is quite similar to the Wikipedia article is available here: http://www.iliketrains.co.uk/timeline/ It's the 8th line down.