After one whole quart of brandy
Like a daisy, I'm awake
With no Bromo-Seltzer handy
I don't even shake
Men are not a new sensation
I've done pretty well I think
But this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink
I'm wild again, beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I
Couldn't sleep and wouldn't sleep
When love came and told me, I shouldn't sleep
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I
Lost my heart, but what of it
He is cold I agree
He can laugh, but I love it
Although the laugh's on me
I'll sing to him, each spring to him
And long, for the day when I'll cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I
He's a fool and don't I know it
But a fool can have his charms
I'm in love and don't I show it
Like a babe in arms
Love's the same old sad sensation
Lately I've not slept a wink
Since this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink
I've sinned a lot, I'm mean a lot
But I'm like sweet seventeen a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I
I'll sing to him, each spring to him
And worship the trousers that cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I
When he talks, he is seeking
Words to get, off his chest
Horizontally speaking, he's at his very best
Vexed again, perplexed again
Thank God, I can be oversexed again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I
Wise at last, my eyes at last,
Are cutting you down to your size at last
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - no more
Burned a lot, but learned a lot
And now you are broke, so you earned a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - no more
Couldn't eat, was dispeptic
Life was so hard to bear
Now my heart's antiseptic
Since you moved out of there
Romance, finis. Your chance, finis.
Those ants that invaded my pants, finis.
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - no more
There's a ghost down in the hall
There's a ghoul upon the bed
There's something in the walls
There's blood up on the stairs
And it's floating through the room
And there's nothing I can see
And I know that it's the truth
Because now it's onto me
I Don't understand it!(gotta ghost gotta break in the
walls x2)
I Don't understand it!(gotta ghost gotta break in the
walls x2)
There's a thumping in the floor
There's a creak behind the door
There's a rocking in the chair
But there's no-one sitting there
There's a ghostly smell around
But nobody to be found
And a coughing and a yawning
Where a restless soul is going
Don't understand it
(Got a ghost gotta break in the walls, Got a ghoul
gotta break in the
halls) X4
And who gave you the right to scare my family?
And who gave you the right to shake my baby?, she needs
And who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
You put a knife in my back
Shot an arrow in me!
Tell me are you the ghost of jealousy
The ghost of jealousy
There's a thumping in the floor
There's a creak behind the door
There's a rocking in the chair
But nobody's sitting there
There's a ghostly smell around
But nobody to be found
And a coughing and a yawning
Where a restless soul is going,
Don't understand it!
Don't understand it!
(Got a ghost gotta break in the walls, Got a ghoul
gotta break in the
halls)X4
And who gave you the right to scare my family?
And who gave you the right to scare my baby?, she needs
And who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
And who gave you the right to take intrusion, to see
And who gave you the right to hurt my family?
And who gave you the right to hurt my baby?, she needs
And who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
You put a knife in my back,
Shot an arrow in me!
Tell me are you the ghost of jealousy
A suckin' ghost of jealousy
And who gave you the right to shame my family?
And who gave you the right to shame my baby?, she needs
And who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
And who gave you the right to take, intrusion to see
And who gave you the right to hurt my family?
And who gave you the right to hurt my baby?, she needs
And who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
You put a knife in my back
Shot an arrow in me!
Tell me are you the ghost of jealousy
The ghost of jealousy
just gotta find,
A peace of mind
Here I stand victorious
The only man who made you come
When you cried, you cried for us
And when we died, you died alone
Gravity's calling
Don't go home
Where are we
Did what I could
For one of us
I always thought it was for you
And when I lied
Oh I lied for us
Because you never heard the truth
I am lying alone tonight
Don't go home
Where are we
If we are ghosts
(A long long time ago)
It looks like we could have made it baby
We are ghosts
(A long long time)
Me and you
We are ghosts
(A long long time ago)
We could have made it
We are ghosts
(A long long time)
Me and you
(Ago)
Look at the time its taken me
To get away from what was said
I'll never leave
I'll always love
You know that all those words are dead
Buried in yours tonight
Move aside
I'm taking you home
On the radio
She was that summer song
Packing them in
Making them dance
A law of her own
Taking the time to sing it
I don't need you
But I'm lost
I'm lost without you tonight
Have you no heart
Where are we
(Everybody sing it)
Ghosts
We love like ghosts
We are ghosts
They're taking down our satellite
We are ghosts
Josephine
I'll follow your star tonight
We are ghosts
If not tonight
Then when will she say
(Everybody sing it)
My friend, I'm with you.
I'm watching every step you do.
I try to guard your way.
They're all around me,
The ones you're missing in your life.
We're never gone, no way.
We're all around you, everywhere.
Just do believe and be aware.
It's all arranged for us this way.
This is a world, that's next to yours.
You can't see us, we can see you.
The soul lives on, we're ghosts
My friend, no fear now,
This is a part of the plan.
We have to let it go.
It's temporarily,
The shape just shows the status quo,
The level of the soul.
We're all around you...
Hey, this is new, it is what I have to do.
Now give me strength to face it.
Time - let me learn, getting higher, get the turn.
I'm getting closer to you.
Thin voices call out of thin air
€žDo you really care?
Do you really care?€œ
There is no reason to be afraid
All the bodies have been laid to rest
Nobody passes the test of time
The long climb into thin air, thin air
There is no one there
You think you have time
You have no time
An image may be left in place
Of whta was felt there is no trace
In words recited without sound
By voices buried underground
There is no meaning to be found
€žDo you really care?
Do you really care?€œ
There is no one there
You think you have time
You have no time
There are no castles without ghosts
And no spirits without hope
But nobody passes the test of time
You stand in line, you have your place
The in the space of moments fall
From again and again and again tonot at all
From again and again and again tonot at all
I do not fear the buried sounds
Of words that echo underground
A memory is a loaded gun
And I remember everyone
I remember you
€žDo you really care?
Do you really care?€œ
There is no one there
There is no one there
Why are you scared?
There is no one there
You€™re clean, strong and free like you always wanted to be
You€™re alone, alone, alone
There is no one there
Stay with me for a little while You've nowhere to go And I've nowhere to go It makes me so happy When you smile At me Work all your life And you end up with nothing Live in one room like a bum Once I flew in a plane And I fought in a war We lived in a castle And slept on the floor And I don't want to be All alone anymore I'm sorry Out in the street There's little colored kids playing Where my own little boy used to play So I sit in this chair And I ache with the gout And I talk to myself 'Cause I'm scared to go out And I just want to know What was it all about I'm sorry
Sometimes in the night I feel it
Near as my next breath
and yet, untouchable
Silently the past comes
stealing
Like the taste of some forbidden
sweet.
Along the walls; in shadowed
rafters
Moving like a thought through
haunted atmospheres
Muted cries and echoed laughter
Banished dreams that never
sank in sleep.
Lost in love and
Found in reason
Questions that the mind can find
no answers for
Ghostly eyes
Conspire treason
As they gather just outside the door....
Every ghost that calls upon us
Brings another measure
in the mystery
Death is there
To keep us honest
And constantly remind us
we are free.
Down the ancient corridors
And through the gates of time
Run the ghosts of days
That we left behind.
Down the ancient corridors
And through the gates of time
Run the ghosts of dreams
That we left behind.
Sometimes in the night I feel it
Near as my next breath
and yet, untouchable
Silently the past comes
stealing
Like the taste of some forbidden
sweet.
Every ghost that calls upon us
Brings another measure
in the mystery
Death is there
To keep us honest
And constantly remind us
we are free.
Down the ancient corridors
And through the gates of time
Run the ghosts of days
There's tombstone in a snowy field
Close by an old ghost town
The epitaph's been weather-blown away
There's a belltower where petitions peeled
It's been half torn down
But it must have softened every soul that came to pray
There's a schoolhouse full of broken glass
And wounded walls
The rusty swings like derelicts sleeping in the weeds
There's a picture-graduation class
Staring down deserted halls
"THE HOPE OF 44" is what it reads
It's just as if some restless wind blew their dreams away far away
It's just as if those dreams had never been but oh-
I feel their ghosts around me now- I hear them say
And the rain was there...
There were many nights...
And a few of them, were all that you have dreamed of
Love was the thing...
And you feel as if someone was following you
But you know you are wrong...
It's just the ghost of what you want to be
And the ghost of the past that you live in
It's just the ghost of what you really want
And it's the ghost of the past that you live in
And it's the ghost of the future you are frightened of
So you look to you guardian angel
So long ago I was an innocent...
It had nothing to do with age
One day they were lovers... one day they were friends
There was nothing else to say
Well just the ghost of what you want to be
And the ghost of the past that you live in
It's just the ghost of the future that you're so frightened of
So you turn to your guardian angel
And a few of them were all that you really dreamed of
Love was the thing...
So the silver haired girl looks for escapism
To feel the empty spaces she's feeling
She depends on her music like a husband
And she knows it's no good to fall in love again...
One day they were lovers... one day they were friends
There was nothing else to say
It's just the ghost of the past of what you want to be
And the ghost of the past that you live in
Ghost of the future that you're so frightened of
So you look to your guardian
So you look... to your guardian angel
Some of them are here on earth
Well some of them are way up there in heaven...
So you look... to your guardian
Some of them are here on earth...
ghostspeople that I left behindwondering lonely in the nightall in my memory
dreamslong forgotten flights of timeflashbacks flooding through my mindof all the things you said to me
in the shadows where I walkin the silencethe wind talks of youlike a ghosthaunting the nightso you wander through my life
ghostspeople that I don't believejust what they've got to do with meoh -- I can't see it
ghostslong forgotten -- in timelook at those flashbacksflooding through my mindof all the things you've said to me
Not gonna let a ghost, not gonna let a ghost
Not gonna let a ghost, not gonna let a ghost
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out...
[Verse 1:]
People think I'm crazy and a little bit retarded
So what, it doesn't matter cause I know just where my heart is
Never had a nine to five, never at a market
But my marketability can be felt in any market
Loyal only to those around when it started
But even at that I still feel like a target
The hardest part about making the music the hardest
Is when you can't decide between a human or an artist
Any old human can write within the margin,
But an artist is a fallen tree heard from the forest
The bird takes buzz from the mama payin porage
But I'm way cooler, that's why I'm junior
But became my own man sooner
N*gga I'm a ruler, can't be measured by a ruler
I can make sound hear it, sound so round spirit
So I'm...
[Chorus:]
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out
Why should I care if you're not even there
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out
You're in the room I can only assume
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out
So turn the lights off, put the candle lights on
Not gonna let a ghost, not gonna let a ghost
Not gonna let a ghost, not gonna let a ghost
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out
[Verse 2:]
Maybe cause my talent got em feelin so inadequate
Hardcore thugs dancin round on some f*ggot sh*t
Total wannabees runnin round on some actor sh*t
Even actors gettin caught up in all the rapper sh*t
I guess they get confused, in these interviews,
I get to pick and choose how much you get to view
Just in case you try to twist it into some sadistic shit
To piss on what I live by
This just to get my point across
There ain't even noise involved
Or your mind, cause music is noise organized
Therefor it's different, it's just that subtle
So if you ain't with it, trouble
Every punchline got it's own knuckle
My album is a drop from the top of a turnbuckle
Floppin out, I guess I'm not gonna learn, uh-oh
[Chorus:]
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out
Why should I care if you're not even there
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out
You're in the room I can only assume
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out
So turn the lights off, put the candle lights on
Not gonna let a ghost, not gonna let a ghost
Not gonna let a ghost, not gonna let a ghost
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out
[Verse 3:]
Overly aggressive, supposedly possesive
But he mostly only goes to beat the ovaries and exit
Hoes don't even know me, only needin a piece of knowledge
They motherf*ckers, seen you weak in college
Right before they graduate,
The night before they start to masturbate
Think about the guy they have infatuate,
Shun for, then a knock at the front door
And it's him, they think 'Why he had to come for? '
She wanna give it up, but not look like some whore
But seein him made her wanna cum more
He said 'What's good today, busy? '
She said 'I was only here playin with the kitty'
How ironic that...
So I ain't stuntin when I say I feel bad about the girls I made moist
Charles Hamilton
[Chorus:]
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out
Why should I care if you're not even there
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out
You're in the room I can only assume
Not gonna let a ghost stress me out
So turn the lights off, put the candle lights on
Not gonna let a ghost, not gonna let a ghost
Not gonna let a ghost, not gonna let a ghost
Why are you frightened - can't you see that it's you
That ain't no ghost - it's a reflection of you
Why do you turn away - an' keep it out of sight
Oh - don't live up to your given roles
There's more inside you that you won't show
But you keep it hidden just like everyone
You're scared to show you care - it'll make you vulnerable
So you wear that ghost around you for disguise
But there's no need just 'cos it's all we've known
There's more inside you that you haven't shown
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets
One day you'll walk right out of this life
And then you'll wonder why you didn't try
To spread some loving all around
Old fashioned causes like that still stand
Gotta rid this prejudice that ties you down
How do you feel at the end of the day
Just like you've waked over your own grave
So why are you frightened - can't you see that it's you
At the moment there's nothing - so there's nothing to lose
Lift up your lonely heart and walk right on through
A thousand footsteps without direction
Adrift like snowfall from winter skies
Aimless parades of burning ambivalence
Selling false hope in certainty's guise
Living and breathing in sorrow's colossus
The teeming masses await a reply
Hoping for something that tastes of deliverance
Waiting for answers to fall from the sky
CHORUS
Are we just living ghosts
Waiting to be freed?
Stuck at a tipping point
We never dare exceed
And what if no one comes
To liberate our souls?
And all of this is all there is
To make us whole?
Hidden meanings extracted from vagaries
Fruitless missives predicting an end
Mere conjecture impersonates prophesy
Finding doom in every change of the wind
Inside a culture of spiritual violence
Demons singing like creatures of light
Smiling faces awash in hypocrisy
Vending salvation that no one invites
(CHORUS)
A thousand questions in search of an answer
Seeking a meaning in creation's design
A futile wish for an order in randomness
A certain outcome to which we're resigned
Reaching skyward in hope of protection
Leading the weak to the feet of the strong
Unanswered prayers suggest the conclusion
That all we think we know is probably wrong
Why are you frightened - can't you see that it's you
That ain't no ghost - it's a reflection of you
Why do you turn away keep it out of sight
Or don't live up to your given role
There's more inside you that you won't show
But you keep it hidden just like everyone
You're scared to show her make you vulnerable
So you wear that ghost around you for a disguise
But there's no need just cuz it's all we've known
There's more inside you that you haven't shown
So you keep on moving moving moving your feet
Keep in shuf- shuf- shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streams
One day you'll walk right out of this life
And then you'll wonder why you didn't try
To spread some loving all around
Old fashioned causes like that still stand
Gotta rid this prejudice it brings you down
How do you feel at the end of the day
Just like you've walked over your own grave
So why are you frightened can't you see that it's you
At the moment there's nothing - so there's nothing to lose
In this room
There’s no pictures on my wall
The music plays
I can’t hear it anymore
The world turns round
Sun goes down
And all the ghosts inside my room
Are laughing in the evening gloom
A voice outside
Shadows on the wall
A thousand eyes
They can’t see me anymore
The world turns round (world turns round)
Sun goes down (sun goes down)
And all the ghosts inside my room
Are laughing in the evening gloom
Don’t you know
the world can be so cruel
Sometimes it leaves you feeling like a fool
The world, it turns
And now it’s turned on you
The world turns round
Sun goes down
And all the ghosts inside my room
Are laughing in the evening gloom
The world turns round (world turns round)
Sun goes down (sun goes down)
The world turns round (world turns round)
World turns round
Sun goes down (sun goes down)
Down
The world turns round (world turns round)
World turns round
Sun goes down (sun goes down)
I could have been an actor
I could have been anything
Just to hear the heart of the lonely sing
And your hospitable world
Since you live in your dreams
You're like a China doll and a rocking house
It's getting harder to scream
But as I stand on this empty stage
With this lifeless idol of mine
This is where my story will be told
And let the story unfold
Dream maker, you're looking through the window
Lifesaver, you're looking through the window
Stargazer
Your eyes, your eyes are full of stars
See the light burn out and fade away
Your eyes, your eyes are full of stars
See the light burn out and fade away
She broke the promise, she broke their spell
She opened up the door to Hell
The stage now set, the scenes in place
Never again could she look in his face
Outcast to a prison cell
Of what she made in this world alone
The magic of the bubble burst
A burnt out shell she could no longer call her home
And the nights got colder as she got older
Eyes glazing over and blurring out
As tears rolled down her cheek
And offering so weak too quell the fire in hell
Racing through the night on a roller coaster ride
Taking the fast lane on a Harley
You're waiting for the dating for the the ceremonies to begin
Hanging up too tight on a white knuckle ride
With anger in my guts at all the harlots and the sluts
Broken hearted a broken man, I never saw the end
And went crushing round the blend
Dancing over this lifeless shell
Don't know if I'm going to Heaven or Hell
But time will heal the pain I feel when I come looking for you
And in old age when your final breath came
I waited for you and prayed for you
Your crime and passion now forgiven
In the first days of the spring time
Made you up and split from thousand enemies
Made a trail of, of a thousand tears
Made you prisoner inside your own secrecy
There?s a ghost in me
Who wants to say I?m sorry
Doesn?t mean I?m sorry
At the first hour of the springtime
Made you up and split from thousand enemies
Now I see you from the corner
Clock strikes and I know you will be drinking alone
There?s a ghost in me
Who wants to say I?m sorry
Doesn?t mean I?m sorry
There?s a ghost in me
Who wants to say I?m sorry
Doesn?t mean I?m sorry
There?s a ghost in me
Who wants to say I?m sorry
Doesn?t mean I?m sorry
Why are you frightened
Can't you see that it's you?
That ain't no ghost
It's a reflection of you
Why do you turn away
An' keep it out of sight?
Oh, don't live up to your given roles
There's more inside you
That you won't show
But you keep it hidden
Just like everyone
You're scared to show you care
It'll make you vulnerable
So you wear that ghost
Around you for disguise
But there's no need just
'Cos it's all we've known
There's more inside you
That you haven't shown
So keep on moving, moving
Moving your feet
Keep on s-s-shuffling
To this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down
Never ending streets
One day you'll walk
Right out of this life
And then you'll wonder
Why you didn't try
To spread some loving all around
Old fashioned causes like that still stand
Gotta rid this prejudice that ties you down
How do you feel at the end of the day?
Just like you've walked over your own grave
So why are you frightened
Can't you see that it's you?
At the moment there's nothing
So there's nothing to lose
Lift up your lonely heart
I know what you're looking for
You've looked in these eyes before
And all you saw was blue green water
Searching for a mirror
That would show the world not who you are
But who you wanna be
And you thought you'd found that one in me
But it's been a long time since I heard that name
He doesn't live here anymore
Don't know where he's residing
you can wait here if you want
But I don't think he's coming back
He doesn't live here anymore
Sure you've found the right place
The same address you knew before
But that won't change what lies behind the door
And what lies underneath had to change from the inside out
He doesn't live here anymore
Don't know where he's residing
I think it's better if you go
Cause I don't want him coming back
Yes I know the name sounds a little bit familiar
Like a melody to a dream
Yes I know he wore the same face, the same clothes
But that was so long ago
I know who you want to find
Somewhere is the memory of somebody I left behind
Well lets take it all in stride
Yeah it's that time to say goodbye
[Intro:]
Ohh~!
This is my life...
This is my life [x4]
[Slaine:]
Yo...
I always knew I was different even back at six
They tied me to a pole with a rope and wrapped my wrists
They punched me and kicked me and slapped me with sticks
In the ribs and the kids called my daddy a bitch
Said my father's a faggot, it aggravated my dealings
I didn't know no better but knew I hated the feelin
From laughin at me whenever they would crack jokes
On my way to the store to get a pack of smokes
For my nana, Benson and Hedges 100 with a note from my grandmother
It's somethin she suffers from arthritis
Hands stuck together, drop down elbows
It looked like baseball, she called marshmellows
I could see the silho-uettes of the past, hello
The days back when I had those rain tap windows
To peer through and just look at the world
I was just a boy, I never knew what would occur
Blur ahead to myself as a half-dead fiend
Fucked up in my head from what happened between
With my body on the floor I'm asleep from beans
My life flashed before me, I peeped the scenes
[Hook: Slaine]
Yeah, the ghosts talk to me in my head
They said I'm already dead
And I had so much blood to be shed
But I can't spill it no more
And I have died a thousand deaths
On the ground so out of breath
Yeah I've been down that flight of steps
But you can't kill me no more
[Slaine:]
Yeah...
It's a chain, we all grew up with the same dreams
But hit the potholes in the street and became fiends
Got in fist fights every night with the same team
Right around the time that Jay the Wood came clean
I was hurt from my broken home and goin crazy
Rollin up coke in bones and so I maybe
One these troubled youth in this modern day America
Thank God I'm still alive, I gotta say it's Erykah
Who was always by my side, that's why I love her forever
She knows my whole pain and all the stormy weather
That I been through, what I overcame and what it meant too
Other people looked at me like a freak with a pencil
I got enough rage for every page in my books
What I done - I should be in a cage with the crooks
But I'm not, barely by the skin of my teeth
Maybe there's a reason, time for me to finish this beef
[Hook]
[Slaine:]
It's the dawn of a new day and I've been given a platform
All the moments in my life, I got a rap for 'em
I gotta tell my story, bring it back for 'em
Either that or I could slip away in the cracks gone
You think I'd let it happen? Well that's wrong
Who would've ever thought I would be saved by a rap song?
I gotta capitalize, cause I'm rappin with guys
That I idolized as a kid, I'm revitalized
Always looked at life through a writer's eyes
I learned this shit is hard, really man you either fight or die
So I'm a stand up and fight that fight
I'm goin home broken bone and bloody tonight
You motherfuckers ever look and study your life
And see how fade and greyed they've made whatever you like?
Cause I can feel it in my fuckin gut when I write
This pain is sweet, I needed to be cut with this knife
End of the night, all I see are lights
Sweat and smoke mixed with absinth
This is what I always seek
When the demons
Blurs in neon
Life begins just before the race
Ghosts
We can never be like you
Our day has passed
It can never be day again
Ghosts
We don't want to be like you
We are fashion slaves
Driving in the wrong lane
Dreary eyes, even sleepy still
Evening arrives with a pill
This is what makes me weak
My lovely demons
Turns the scene on
Life isn't life until the race
Ghosts
We can never be like you
Our day has passed
It can never be day again
Ghosts
We don't want to be like you
We are fashion slaves
Driving in the wrong lane
Ghosts
We can never be like you
Our day has passed
It can never be day again
Ghosts
We don't want to be like you
We are fashion slaves
Driving in the wrong lane
Ghosts
We can never be like you
Our day has passed
It can never be day again
Ghosts
We don't want to be like you
We are fashion slaves
Ghosts
swirling all around you
now I don't know what to do
and I don't know how to feel inside
I wish I could get off this ride
everything I do, everywhere I go
I see a memory of what we used to know
I'm seeing ghosts everyday
they're no more real than the lies you used to say
and I'm not scared for me
I'm scared for you
but your ghosts won't let me be
so maybe I'm dead too
and I tried and tried but I just can't hide
wish I could sleep tonight
everything I do, everywhere I go
I see a memory of what we used to know
I'm seeing ghosts everyday
they're no more real than the lies you used to say
can I escape?
well not today
and I still see them even though I moved away
it's a bitter shade of gray
and it leaves a bitter taste
everything I do, everywhere I go
I see a memory of what we used to know
I'm seeing ghosts everyday
they're no more real than the lies you used to say
everything I do, everywhere I go
everything I do, everywhere I go
everything I do, everywhere I go
everything I do, everywhere I go
You find things about yourself that you will soon forget. Counting old friends left behind a jaded mind to go with it, hated flowing through your veins but jealousy is all you feel. Mistaken from the start always wrong it never ends. You can never be in love until you learn to be alone, you will never miss those heavy eyes until you're left with none. You can never achieve true happiness until you hang your head.
When the room is quiet, the daylight almost gone
It seems there's something I should know
Well, I ought to leave but the rain it never stops
And I've no particular place to go
Just when I think I'm winning
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life
Blow wilder than before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life
Blew wilder than the wind
Well, I'm feeling nervous, now I find myself alone
The simple life's no longer there
Once I was so sure, now the doubt inside my mind
Comes and goes, but leads nowhere
Just when I think I'm winning
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life
Blow wilder than before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life
Blew wilder than the wind
Just when I think I'm winning
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life
Blow wilder than before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life
I don't believe in ghosts but I'm afraid of 'em
I don't believe in ghosts but I'm afraid of 'em
Some wanna sleep and some wanna rise
Some wait their whole life to hide
I'm gon? go out like Bonnie and Clyde
?Cause I'm a wild one and I don't give a damn, no
I made a bet with myself, I'm gonna make it
Something that I want, I'm gonna take it
Small town mould, I'm gonna break it
And get out of here and make my dreams come true
I don't believe in ghosts but I'm afraid of 'em
I don't believe in ghosts but I'm afraid of 'em
There are some things you're gonna miss
Growin' up in a small town like this
Big city, big problems surface
But it's me and you, boy, against the world now
I met a man named Hate, I met a lady named Malice
We met on the avenue and not in the palace
And everyone we meet is so damn ruthless
So, boy, don't ever leave me
I don't believe in ghosts but I'm afraid of 'em
I don't believe in ghosts but I'm afraid of 'em
Lost kids in a lost world livin'
No one's gonna back down, no one's gonna give in
You think we?re dumb, no, you must be mistaken
Can't be broke, no, we can't be shaken
I don't believe in ghosts, but I'm afraid of 'em
I don't believe in ghosts, but I'm afraid of 'em
I don't believe in ghosts, but I'm afraid of 'em
I don't believe in ghosts, but I'm afraid of 'em
We rattle chains, and we question how we are trained.
We speak words profane.
We'll be banging pots and pans until you understand:
We're following a different plan.
Tried to live the good life, I just wasn't good enough.
Tried to live the simple life, I wasn't simple enough.
Tried to live the high life, I couldn't get high enough.
We won't let you forget.
All the faces on the photographs have changed
To not confuse it all, the names remain the same
Should I wait or let the past just fall?
The whispers are veiled
Should you try to realign some day
You may find that there was nothing anyway
Is it me or did we all get bored insane?
Playing the game
Playing the game
I'm peering through the holes
Been digging through the dirt
i'm writing reports of the days and the nights.
locked up for years in a measure of mind.
when with a net of nothing.
i was trying to catch the motions of a mind.
and the methods of a crime.
i never saw the chance.
and never what i held in my hands.
the lights are all red in this town.
where i'm killed by exhausts.
and alcohols that dry out my skin.
i never had a clue of the role that i played.
I saw Jesus on your back
He's starting to scream
Yeah he's screaming, "No, oh, oh no
You've got to believe me"
So I whispered softly
I got this girl here by my side
What else do I need?
You got your wars up in the minds
So they can harm me
But I'll be singing for free
With love
Happy my love
Got this all in my blood
Need her close enough
Like oh
I just follow the birds right to the coast, hoping
She would follow my footsteps like some kind of ghost
Whispering close
We're not here for long, let's live for this because
I'm so god damn sick of losing my sleep, yeah
She'll be my defeat
Love
Happy my love
Got this all in my blood
Need her close enough
Like oh
Love
Happy my love
They said it came from above
Yeah, that's where it's from
'Cause when I'm dead and I'm gone
Just burn me up to the sun
I got a couple more hits here
I want nothing but you, dear
Yeah, when I stare at the ceiling
Five o'clock in the morning
I got one thing that's on my mind
Got so much to do before we die
Yeah if I survive
So live it up kid, live it real good
As you should
We both know the big guns are models
So tell me what keeps you up at night
Keeps you from closing your eyes, yeah
Keeps you alive
Love
Happy my love
Got this all in my blood
Need her close enough
Like oh
Love
Happy my love
They said it came from above
Yeah that's where it's from
He said he had to stop, he hadn't had a drop of anything
Stronger than coffee in 10 months 3 weeks and 1 long day
He pushed away his plate and said, it's better late then never done
When it comes to gettin' right, it took a while but I saw the light
He said, some things, they cast long shadows
That I never will out run and everyday I spend a-livin'
The ghosts of all the things that I've done wrong
Grab a chair 'cause the list is long
I can write you a country song
About the reasons I'll be going home
To a house full of memories
Things I wish I done differently
When I'm feeling weak, they keep me strong
The ghosts of all the things that I've done wrong
He said, there's a spot of paint
And it just ain't the right shade
But it covers up the hole I've made
Where I broke my wrist the night she left
And there's a lot of friends
That I ain't never seen in a lot of years
Some are still hangin' 'round
In old pictures I just can't take down
He said some things
They cast long shadows
That I never will out run
And everyday I do battle
With the ghosts of all the things I've done wrong
Grab a chair 'cause the list is long
I can write you a country song
About the reasons I'll be going home
To a house full of memories
Things I wish I done differently
And when I'm feeling weak, they keep me strong
The ghosts of all the things that I've done wrong
I got a heart full of memories
Things I wish I'd done differently
And when I'm feeling weak, they keep me strong
The ghosts of all the things I've done wrong
He said he had to stop
He hadn't had a drop of anything
Stronger than coffee in 10 months 3 weeks
Ghost in a place of fear
dreams and memories are decaying here
Cold constantly turning sphere
where shadows gather and quickly disappear
Stepping through time and our minds are always focused on our prey
Our Spirits gone recon
Our former lives have fallen far away
Ghosts
See the face of Fear
To think they know their enemy
will make you stronger
Ghosts
Recreate the Fear
to think its only in their minds
will make them weaker
We will vindicate
Ghost in a place of fear
The screams of enemies
are replaying here
Old phantasms perserver
Til threats to innocence
no longer interfere
Stepping through time and our minds are always focused on our prey
Our Spirits gone recon
Our former lives have fallen far away
Ghosts
See the face of FEAR
To think they know their enemy
will make you stronger
Ghosts
Recreate the Fear
to think its only in their minds
will make them weaker
We will Vindicate
We will
We will
Ghosts
See the face of FEAR
To think they know their enemy
will make you stronger
Ghosts
Recreate the Fear
to think its only in their minds
will make them weaker
We will
We will
Ghosts
Recreate the Fear
to think its only in their minds
will make them weaker
We will make them weaker
I'm runnin' along the rocks of the river
And the water's as cold as the snow;
The man is chasing behind me
And I can't afford to falter or slow.
I find solace in what we believe
Or the hush of the cool gentle rain
But there's something we love in the mystery
Of a man in the midst of a change.
She laughed and said I was goin' nowhere
'Cause it's nowhere she's ever been.
When I get to that place she'll remember my face
And say "Hey man, I knew him when he was younger."
But she never loved me at all;
She laughed when I was in pain.
'Cause there's something that we are all frightened of
In a man in the midst of a change.
Oh, out on the roof to inquire of the sky
The existence of ghosts in my life;
Who's to blame, you or I?
No one would answer me;
They just stared
With the weight of the world
I pretend not to feel.
The windmill is poised for the battle
But the fool understands not the game
He believes in his mission,
Predestined position;
Amazing, the grace of her name.
Oh, he loves her now as he loved her then;
Rocinante remembers the days
When I whistled and sat waiting patiently
With a man in the midst of a change.
Oh, out on the roof to inquire of the sky
The existence of ghosts in my life;
Who's to blame, you or I?
No one would answer me;
They just stared
With the weight of the world
I pretend not to feel.
Yeah, yeah, I'm runnin' along the rocks of the river
With the freedom to step where I choose.
Though I can't stop to rest, I like traveling best
And besides, I've got nothing to lose from it.
I find solace in all the extremes:
In pleasure as well as in pain.
I just wish he would let me explain to you,
The man in the midst of a change.
We find solace in all the extremes:
In pleasure as well as in pain.
I just wish he would let me explain to you,
Yesterday I bought a gun
To kill the ghosts I'm runnin' from
And oh yeah, I'm still runnin'
Looking down a dead end street
I feel like someone's watching me
And oh yeah, I'm still lookin'
When I'm playing in the rain
The rain will wash my pain away and it makes my life a holiday
I can't escape
Please rescue me
I'm running from (the voices in my head)
I cannot sleep
Is it a dream I'm running from (the voices in my head)
I'm in between
Realities
I'm running from (the voices in my head)
Can't stop the voices in my mind
They're getting louder all the time
Well I guess, I'll just sing louder
I'd rather be in outer space
You know I just can't stand this place
And this time I'll go farther
When I'm dancing with the sun
The sun will light the way home and it makes my life a holiday
I can't escape
Please rescue me
I'm running from (the voices in my head)
I cannot sleep
Is it a dream I'm running from (the voices in my head)
I'm in between
Realities
I'm running from (the voices in my head)
Got to get away, got to get away, got to get away from myself today
Got to get away, got to get away, got to get away from myself today
Got to get away, got to get away, got to get away from myself today
Yesterday I bought a gun
I can't escape
Please rescue me
I'm running from (the voices in my head)
I cannot sleep
Is it a dream I'm running from (the voices in my head)
I'm in between
Realities
I'm running from (the voices in my head)
When the city sleeps in peace all your questions run deep
When the restless wolfs gather nose to the wind
In the favour of the night a monster creeps into your mind
It comes in an ambush as soon as you switch off the light
It haunts you it drowns you it chokes you it's eating your soul
The anguish of mind is driving you insane
Don't ever loose your spark to light a raging fire
When you're about to pass the gates of the darker realms
You gotta keep it
You gotta keep it
To keep the ghosts
Keep the ghosts away from you
When the world sinks into bliss
You're falling deeper into the abyss
From the top of the mountain the you made from molehills
It haunts you it drowns you it chokes you it's eating your soul
The anguish of mind is driving you insane
Don't ever loose your spark to light a raging fire
When you're about to pass the gates of the darker realms
You gotta keep it
You gotta keep it
To keep the ghosts
Keep the ghosts away from you
It haunts you again
It drowns you again
It chokes you to death
It's eating your soul
Don't ever loose your spark to light a raging fire
When you're about to pass the gates of the darker realms
You gotta keep it
You gotta keep it
To keep the ghosts
You think,
To look at all the angles.
As the quiet workings of a broken man.
The time is burning like a candle,
And it makes you think of how it all began.
Well step inside your skin,
And walk around.
And from the other side,
I see it now.
Well somewhere in the night,
They are a pair of lovers,
Looking to see the ghosts of what we used to be.
And somewhere in the night,
Back in another time.
I'll smile as I rescue moments from my memory.
And somewhere in my mind.
...in my mind...
So why,
Picking up the pieces,
And I'm trying not to cut my eager hands.
Its strange,
Its not even sadness,
To accept the things that you cannot understand.
I don't remember all that you said,
A million corners in one tiny head.
Well somewhere in the night,
They are a pair of lovers,
Looking to see the ghosts of what we used to be.
And somewhere in the night,
Back in another time.
I'll smile as I rescue moments from my memory.
It is easy to have fallen into a world,
That it is smaller than every time, everytime.
I will leave it to exist somehow,
Like a restless man whose learn to die.
Soul in rhyme, a soul in rhyme.
Well somewhere in the night,
They are a pair of lovers,
Looking to see the ghosts of what we used to be.
And somewhere in the night,
Back in another time.
I'll smile as I rescue moments from my memory.
And somewhere in my mind.
He walked down a busy street
Staring solely at his feet
Clutching pictures of past lovers at his side
Stood at the table where she sat
And removed his hat
In respect of her presence
Presents her with the pictures and says
These are just ghosts that broke
My heart before I met you
These are just ghosts that broke
My heart before I met you
Opened up his little heart
Unlocked the lock that kept it dark
And read a written warning
Saying I?m still mourning
Over ghosts, over ghosts
Over ghosts, over ghosts that broke
My heart before I met you
Lover, please do not fall to your knees it?s not
Like I believe in everlasting love
He went crazy at nineteen
Said he?d lost all his self esteem
And couldn?t understand why he was crying
Cry, crying, crying
He would stare at empty chairs
Think of the ghosts that once sat there
The ghosts who broke his heart
All the ghosts that broke my heart
The ghosts that broke his heart
All the ghosts that broke my heart
The ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts
The ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts
The ghosts that broke my heart before I met you
Lover, please do not fall to your knees
It?s not like I believe in everlasting love
He says I?m so lost, not at all well
Do as though there is nothing left to be
Well, it turned out I?d been following him
And he?d been following me
Do as though after it was over
We were just two lovers crying
On each other's shoulders
And I said, lover please do not fall to your knees
It?s not like I believe in everlasting love
Lover, please do not fall to your knees
I fall into your trashbin once again
Same kind of story
I know what's happened every time before
Still I want more
I wonder who and what I'm fighting for
Maybe it's you
I'm maybe better off oblivious too
While they're having fun with you
I've heard of your ghosts
Why won't they let you go ?
I've heard of your ghosts
Why won't they let us get on with our love ?
I'm coming to your rescue once again
It always happen
Though I don't know what to save you from and why
I never see them come
I've heard that you hang out with your old friends again
Always doing something
What can I do to stop them from hunting you again ?
If you listen just right, you can almost hear it
The symphony of secrecy, life, and fear
(the search for love, but finding fear)
Like a moth to the flame we become helpless
To the beautiful ghost
That true love sheds.
We all are running our very own races,
Set upon the most dangerous of places.
Are through it all,
We are left with a void in our chests,
We're aching to fill
The doves come to gather our every need,
They lift them up to Heaven
Through the mouths from which we speak.
God will you help us understand the meaning of it all?
Will you send your angels down to us at our every call?
Sometimes it seems the world is passing us
Faster than my eyes can adjust.
I can't decide if I'm living or I'm dying,
So I test your love and I test your love,
I test your love.
The doves come to gather our every need,
They lift them up to Heaven
Through us now....
The doves come to gather our every need,
They lift them up to Heaven
Through the mouths from which we speak.
Like a moth to the flame we become helpless
To the beautiful ghosts
Bad habits are ghosts haunting me
A thought that never leaves
From when I wake until I sleep
To seek heaven in my dreams
Where I feel I can finally breathe
Forget everything
Away from my reality
Because as long as I stay here
I won't face my fears
Right now I fear myself
And what my heart held
The worst words or warmest heart
Self-serving or selfless love
I will scream til the breath is gone from my lungs
I will scream til it's gone
I will leave all the rest of my ghosts behind
I will leave them behind
Ghosts haunting me aren't defining me
Ghosts taunting me are reminding me
Change the way you act, change the way you live
Change the way you act, not just the way you think
Change the way you live, live by the words you say
I will scream til the breath is gone from my lungs
I will scream til it's gone
I will leave all the rest of my ghosts behind
I will leave them behind
Change the way you act, not just the way you think
Change the way you live, live the way you claim
Words are just words, until they're put to work
All I ever wanted was to feel the way you'd feel
All I ever wanted was a chance to make it real
I'm in love with you and I can pull it through
All I ever wanted is a place out by the sun
To watch the world go by and take each day as it comes
All I ever wanted was a chance to catch my breath
To see the world go by and lay my ghosts to rest
Give me a chance to catch my breath
So I can lay my ghosts to rest
So ask me tomorrow what I thought of yesterday
There's so many things that I could not explain
I'm in love with you and I can pull it through
All I ever wanted is a place out by the sun
To watch the world go by and take each day as it comes
All I ever wanted was a chance to catch my breath
To see the world go by and lay my ghosts to rest
Give me a chance to catch my breath
So I can lay my ghosts to rest
All that I ever wanted was a chance to catch my breath
All that I ever wanted was to lay my ghosts to rest
All that I ever wanted was a chance to catch my breath
Full mug my friends certainly familiar
Ah, hear that glitch say search the orbs
Tree-ann said it his seize the circus
Ram's wool that cause way a circus
Full mug my friends certainly familiar
Warmy funny Anna say say maluska
Sworn under an oath to war
Sworn under an oath to war
Phwoar so spirit smother me in
Ah, hear that glitch fought and ought
Fuel full fat her glass of milk
Warm sitting here, sitting in bed
Sworn under an oath to war
Sworn under an oath to war
Still you, ghost, are bothered by instinct
And whispers and falling icons
The failed attempts at a distant second
Oft ignored
Murder
A beating that took it's toll...
Tearing ivy, leaving Sunday, here we go again
Another open letter, well, a reason to explain
I used to walk so quietly, I'd sit beneath the stairs
And all the while it's just a lie, the signs were never there
Chorus:
Whenever I go back there, I see ghosts
However close I get, you are the thing I love the most
Whenever I go back there, I stand still
How everything reminds me of a space I have to fill this time
Tearing ivy, leaving Monday, pushing through the rain
I couldn't bear to leave you but I didn't dare to stay
I used to watch the 35s, I tried to break the wall
However far I travel, there's no distance there at all
(Chorus)
I'm walking in your footsteps but it's one step at a time
This looking back is easier than straying from the line
I still believe in little steps, the quietest of all are best
The past is behind me, it hurts still, it binds me
I'm tired of disaffection, this affliction can't be bought
You promised me a million, here's a penny for your thoughts
I used to see in black and white and read between the lines
Now everything I hated I'm becoming more with time
Congratulations, it's a boy
Buried underneath the afterbirth of joy
Sticks and stones will always break
His bones can barely take the weight
Of your breath breathing down his neck again
Keep it to yourself
You don't need to ask
Everything was golden
Memories will last
Your family, your little girl
One little wonder with your back against the wall
Kisses at bedtime never meant
A life that came to represent
Failings that she could not forget again
Keep it to yourself
You don't need to ask
Everything was golden
Memories will last
She could not forget
Breathing down his neck
But she could not forget
The price you pay is never worth
The pain to suffer the abuse
Lay down and sleep with all the ghosts
Again, again, again, again
Lay down and sleep with all the ghosts
Again, again, again, again
Lay down and sleep with all the ghosts
Fortcoming up to me, fortcoming up to you (x5)
Ghosts! Fortcoming up to you
Fortcoming up to me, fortcoming up to you (x??)
Ghosts (x??)
Fortcoming up to you
If I walk down this hallway
tonight, it's too quiet
So I head through the dark
and call you on a phone
Push your old numbers
and let your house ring
till I wake your ghost
Let him walk down your hallway
it's not this quiet
Slide down your receiver
spread across the water
Follow my number
sliding to my hand
Fortcoming up to you
Fortcoming up to me, fortcoming up to you (x3)
If I could be anywhere
I'd be in the ocean right now with you
and If I could be anything
well I think I'd be the night time
So I could hide you
and If I could be anyone
I'd choose to be your favorite
You'd pick me every time
But here I am, I'm empty
I'm thinking in my basement
Day dreaming in the night time
Let's give up together
End it forever
Become the ghosts of this town
(In the end survive)
If I could save anyone
I would save this whole world
Not only you and me
If I could change anything
I would change the outcome
Of how things played out
and If I could pick anything
I'd choose to be much stronger
I'd stand up every time
But here I am, I'm empty
I'm praying in my basement
I'm dreaming of the right time
Let's give up together
End it forever
Become the ghosts of this town
They came they came without warning
Took me by my hand and we started walking
And their hands and their hands were as cold as ice
They came they came without warning
took me by my heart and we started running
And there hands and their hands would not let me go
Chorus:
All all the ghosts
They wont they won’t let me go
And all all I know is that I have to let them go
They came they came without asking
Chorus:
I went down yale today
Just in the old way
A black dog hobbled past me
His tags jangled on his collar
It made me wish i was dead
It made me wish i was dead
Had a familiar sun on me
Just like it would always be
Rocky soil dry land
I knew it all like the back of my hand
It made me wish i was dead
It made me wish i was dead
A terrific view form here
The sky's clear
The sun's high
I let things lie
And i know what is and isn't mine
And i was good to get back to the sunshine
But 5 years is a long time
And i spent 5 years in sweden dying for you
This is your life
Wandering
This is your life
Disconnected
This is your life
At daytime
This is your life
At night time
Cause you're a ghost
You're a ghost
This is my life
Wandering
This is my life
I'm wandering
This is my life
Working
This is my life
I do function
Cause I'm a ghost
We're ghosts
At daytime
We're ghosts
At daytime
We're ghosts
For a lifetime
We're ghosts
For a lifetime
We're hopeless
We're wandering
Like machines
Wandering
Party Time
Happy People
Party Time
Let's function
We're ghosts
At daytime
We're ghosts
At daytime
We're ghosts
At daytime
We're ghosts
A lifetime
We're ghosts
For a lifetime
We're dead
Wandering
I used to befriend ghosts like you but time has betrayed us both. These campfire secrets are over dead men's bones with graveyard hopes of seeing home. A mild mannered man with cheap cologne; blanketed by the arctic embrace of this city. Those towers of money, power, and greed are the tombstones of this ghost town. From the cemetery floor we stare up at our legacy, at the concrete reminders that we are but mere pillars of salt with eyes fixated on the moments that most have forgot. No song can capture this moment, No melody can encapsulate or replicate the thoughts. So I'll sit back, relax and drink from the lip of another half empty glass sobered by the fact that you will never be a teacher and I will never be a father. I am the artist of this lie and on this canvas I paint my c
Like ghosts we both appear,
In this polaroid I'll treasure through the years. (years)
Full of promise and of smiles,
We are happily quite ignorant of pain.
And oh, how life can quickly change,
You can't predict the rain
Or second-guess the stars,
To find some method in the mad,
Or some goodness in the bad men
That now and then block our way.
And as ghosts we'll disappear again,
Back into photographs they'll scatter through the years.
Friends assumed we'd moved away.
No, we're just hibernating.
And oh, how life can quickly change,
You can't predict the rain
Or second-guess the stars, Nooooo,
To find some method in the mad,
Just some goodness in the bad men
Stone touch so rare in the air
Stolen but still puts up a fight
When the days sing blasé
Hopefully estranged here I am
Strained in this strange love I find
You whip me with my own desire
Catching the ashes of the fire
Will I find love tonight?
You are the fire of tonight
Why am I here?
You have all the strength to lose
I am struggling you say, stay, stay
You live on through all the suffering through today
Asked to leave your love cause my heart always too far
So we are...
We are ghosts
At night there's ghosts that slip round the screen
They're much too smart to think of the times when we swung from the trees
You, me and my friends, the road so far below
Don't you feel this sometimes?
If God turned up today
Could anybody think of anything clever to say?
I taught 'em but they're in their own idea of Hell
So come on everybody gotta help me unwind
Get rid of those Ghosts in my mind, in my mind
Newton, slipping something slyly into the drink says
"Satan my boy, I'm starting to think that there's better ways of making a mint coz my blood turns blue and my head is shrinking"
Einstein howling senseless trapped down in the hole
He's all jumped up, he's turned to dust cause he got nailed down some time ago
Now his thoughts are for nothing and it's starting to show now
Don't you feel this sometimes?
If God turned up today
Could anybody think of anything clever to say?
I taught 'em but they're in their own idea of Hell
So come on everybody gotta help me unwind
Get rid of those Ghosts in my mind, in my mind
Cause my memory
Yeah it tells me
That I am not what I used to be
I don't know what I need but I need it
Cause my memory
Yeah it tells me
That I am not what I used to be
There's a cold wind blowing through my head
I could not believe the things you said
You left me all alone crying and walked away
I could not escape the fate of the killing floor
So heavy, heavy, heavy
So heavy, heavy, heavy
It's heavy, heavy, heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy
Surrender all your dreams and madness and come sing
Wherever you are, wherever you are, you're a ghost to me now
You'll never knock again
When all I ever wanted was to call you my friend
Heavy, heavy, heavy
So heavy, heavy, heavy
So heavy, heavy, heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy
Heavy, heavy, heavy
[V1]
A wish to see you now
A small expression of fear
The grip slowly tightens
The distance is killing me
[V2]
We letter our different posts
And they flutter with the wind
Yesterday's creatures are still here
Wasting away on their dreams
[Ch]
I think I saw it in the mirror
When I tried to walk away
A thin ghost behind the silver
A reflection without substance
[V3]
A storm is brewing regardless
As the cups of tea grow cold
I should be by a fireplace
Where I can stare all day
{repeat Ch}
[V4]
I wonder what to do next
When the years have deserted me
Nomads never did belong here
Only to each other
{solo, repeat Ch}
I'm feeling like a ghost
fading as i go
I'm fading as i go.
you know those wings alone
can't make you an angel
won't make you an angel.
but i know what you'd say now
if you knew how
if you found out.
and i know what you'd say now
if you knew how
if you found out.
who's angel eyes are those
three days since they've been closed
days since they've been closed.
the beauty that this holds
is fading like a ghost
it's fading like a ghost.
but i know what you'd say now
if you knew how
if you found out.
and i know what you'd say now
if you knew how
if you found out.
I'm not scared of ghosts no more
Not afraid of the dark anymore
Went to that haunted house and opened that door
But I'm still the same with you
Don't put my muddy shoes on the kitchen floor
Don't even double knot them anymore
Finally found out what a painkiller's for
But I'm still the same with you
I kept you hidden up inside
But you're far too beautiful to hide
I've changed in every way I knew how to
But I'm still the same with you
Don't wear my heart on my sleeve these days
Guess I got tired of it getting misplaced
Found out that love is too precious to waste
But I waste it all on you
Always traveling, I'm going somewhere
Any road I take is leading me here
Everything I do is up in the air
But I'm still the same with you
I kept you hidden up inside
But you're far too beautiful to hide
I've changed in every way I knew how to
But I'm still the same with you
You're the rock in the center of my universe
You're the second and third chance I don't deserve
I can be what I want but I know who I am
With you I'm not scared of ghosts no more
Not afraid of the dark anymore
Went to that haunted house
You were waiting by that door
And I'm still the same with you
I can keep you hidden up inside
And you're far too beautiful to hide
I can change in every way I know how to
You know she’s been here before
And she’ll accept
The punishment she keeps in waiting
I’m not about to walk outside these lines
There are no reasons
And we’re not even sleeping right
My god is she breathing anymore?
There’s something right above her bed
Beside it I can hear her screaming
You’ll never show me what you need
And I don’t owe you anything
(Is this devotion to emotion?)
The time to act just passed me by
And you’re not even alive
But I won’t open up my bed
To these ghosts inside your head
Am I irrelevant immaculate and cold
All wrapped into one?
It’s like the distance
between trusting me and nothing
How will I ever mean a thing to you?
You’ll never show me what you need
And I don’t owe you anything
(Is this devotion to emotion?)
The time to act just passed me by
And you’re not even alive
But I won’t open up my bed
To these ghosts inside your head
But I can’t walk away from you
Turn your body beneath me
Just for now you’ll let me take control
Am I a remedy?
It’s killing me
Uneasy ending
You don’t know what you’ve been taking
When you sleep I feel you shaking
But you’re not crazy babe
What do you expect from someone
Insecure and selfish like me?
I’m watching everything
Wake up wake up
To these ghosts inside your head
Today my soul is open for every wandering ghost
Come in!
Let's start the celebration
They're hiding inside me
When your eyes are blind
I'm the gale who can knock
At your door
Sometimes, I hear torment souls
Whistling around me
I've heard voices in various ancient languages
They're talking... and they're whispering
They want to shelter from someone or something
Dreadful power
I want to escape from from this hell on earth
Help me!
I'm afraid of my dreams
I feel that I'm loosing in this labyrinth of shadows
They knew that we would blossom like
Spring flowers... someday, somewhere
Soon
Before I die
Between life and death
I'll cast the shadow
And now I'm clenching my teeth in a vortex
I've dug my hideout
I closed all the doors
And swallowed all the keys
When the candles are out
I am going to bed
And the flat seems as big
as a candle
I can feel all the shadows
that wake up at night
And the sounds
and the energy moving around
I believe in ghosts
I believe in fairies
I believe in brownies
I believe in love
I would like to breathe
I would like to stretch out
my body just like a cat
No I can´t, no I can´t
I have to hide every part of me
under the quilt
Even the nose
There´s a dreadfull witch
Who lives under my bed
since I don´t know when
She comes when you´re gone
She wants to climb into my bed
and tear off every body part
sticking out
I believe in ghosts
I believe in fairies
I believe in brownies
I believe in love
I don´t know which language
you ghosts speak
Please don´t show yourselves
to me
Aaaa Aooooooo!
I believe in ghosts
I believe in fairies
I believe in brownies
Ghosts
You're the latest fashion that everyone wants to wear,
But in the end, (but in the end)
you're the label that no one can, seem to get off,
Stabbing me in the back, (stabbing me in the back)
And, these watercolours, that I painted our perfect life with, will run,
(will run) (run)
Once my tears hit the paper, once the ducts are open,
once the ducts are open,
We flood our hearts,
You think it's fine to do things your way, but this lump in my throat,
it's getting bigger and bigger, from swallowing my words,
Hope I don't choke, on the truth,
(Ian Fike of It Prevails)
You've found a way to fall apart, You've found a way to change and disappear,
with no help from me,
My tears have been the catalyst to the process of you fading away,
You've become a ghost,
And It turns out, you are, as fucking selfish, as I thought,
And, these watercolours, that I painted our perfect life with, will run,
(will run) (YEAHHHHHHHHH)
Once my tears hit the paper, once the ducts are open,
once the ducts are open,
We'll flood our hearts,
And we'll flood our hearts,
Now you're gone,
As my eyes grow heavy,
WE FLOOD OUR HEARTS
My tears speak of regret,
WE FLOOD OUR HEARTS
We fall,
WE FLOOD OUR HEARTS
My oh, my, what a G.U.Y. got me in trouble like a D.U.I.
Brain cells [?] fly, since [?] you caught my eyes
Think this one's my last lover
She said you can't fool me I'm your mother
Apple don't fall from the tree, take it from me
Baby girl you're a runner
I swear it's a curse, cause I meet so many men
And I never found the one. New York City or Japan
Sucks so bad cause I really wish I wasn't in rush but I am
If I just took a minute to be honest to myself
I would find I wasn't really cause I'm not
Silly games and I'm only talking to the same boy
Cause he's hot
I don't wanna fall in love,
I don't wanna fall in love
I don't wanna be a pretty girl, Can my mommy love
I don't wanna be loved
I don't wanna be loved
I just wanna be invisible, like a ghost in a living room
3 weeks into a new romance and I'm already making all kind of plans
With the new guy
Get a man from the flight from Detroit I
Think he's more my type
Oh mama I'm so terrified, rest his spirit he gonna eat me alive
I don't know why, I always find
A reason to be out like a power line
I swear it's a curse cause I meet so many men
And I never find the one in Miami or L.A.
Don't know where they hide, I've been searching high and low
Like it's going out of style
But If I just took a minute to be honest to myself
I would find out I was really ready cause I'm not
I stay breaking hearts like a I'd really use a minute
To myself for a change
I don't wanna fall in love
I don't wanna fall in love
Think I'm running out of batteries
I might need a charge up
Right now I'm alone,
Right now I'm alone
I just wanna be invisible, like a ghost in a living room
Agony is my old best friend
But if I knew what I know back then
I never would have booked that plane to Spain all by myself
Would have needed someone else
On my peaceful lonely nights
Since I've been fooling myself
When it's all gonna be alright?
So I'm a put me first cause I never really do
And it really is a shame cause the world's so hard
And I waste so much energy
And I only have me to blame
Is it bout that time to be off my phone
If you have bizness with me, you'll have my business email
If you don't I'm a catch you, on the flip side
I ain't going to the club, I ain't going to the club
I'll be chilling in the living room, like a ghost invisible
I'm chilling on love, I'm chilling on love
I'll see you in another world
When the room is quiet
The daylight almost gone
It seems there's something I should know
Well I ought to leave but
The rain it never stops
And I have no particular place to go
Just when I think I'm winning
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life
Blow wilder than before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life
Blew wilder than the wind
Well I'm feeling nervous
And I find myself alone
The simple life's no longer there
Once I was so sure
Now the doubt inside my mind
Comes and goes but leads nowhere
Just when I think I'm winning
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life
Blow wilder than before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life
I'm sick and tired of hanging out my window,
i've learnt from past experience rain can't make flowers grow,
and friends don't stick around
they go which way the wind goes,
you're never safe and sound until all your doors are closed
doors are closed
doors are closed
When you're awake on your own,
shadows turn into ghosts
Soon it will all fall apart
and their roads will have no way,
and you'll be the one laughing
as their fences fade away,
and instead of being left there feeling all alone,
break down the house you made of match sticks
and set fire to their throne
When you're awake on your own shadows turn into ghosts,
home becomes what you're scared of the most
I'm pulling pictures off the wall watching smiles as they fall
I'm pulling pictures off the wall watching smiles as they fall
I'm pulling pictures off the wall watching smiles as they fall
I'm pulling pictures off the wall
I'm pulling pictures off the wall watching smiles as they fall
When you're awake on your own,
shadows turn into ghosts
When you're awake on your own,
shadows turn into ghosts
When you're awake on your own,
Don't act like you don't see me
Sever the ties
Keep me in the back of your mind
(Keep me in the back of your mind)
I know it might be too late
Don't leave me now
I'll stick around forever
Haunting the likes of this town
Can you believe what you don't see?
I'll walk through this memory
These silent screams, these grinding teeth
I've seen this and I might believe
You swim all around me
Through the air and I'm watching you
(Why can't you go on seeing that?)
Center my thoughts for
Something I don't like to think about
I'm in between now
Can you believe what you don't see?
My past is my enemy
I don't believe in you
No, I don't believe in me
There's nothing I won't do
No, there's nothing left to prove
I don't believe in you
No, I don't believe in me
Your words, they are no use
Till we can undergo every dream
You say I'm unfair
When you do all you like
I don't need you to care
Tonight, I don't belong with you
Now, don't need anyone to write a song about
I don't belong with you,
Now, I don't need anyone to tell me how to act
Cause I'm out
I don't believe in you
No, I don't believe in me
There's nothing I won't do
No, there's nothing left to prove
Well, it's easy to say
Much harder to do
I don't need you to stay
And try, I don't belong with you,
Now, I don't need anyone to write a song about
I don't belong with you,
Now, I don't need anyone to tell me how to act
At night there's ghosts that slip round the screen
They're much too smart to think of the times when we swung from the trees
You, me and my friends, the road so far below
Don't you feel this sometimes?
If God turned up today
Could anybody think of anything clever to say?
I taught 'em but they're in their own idea of Hell
So come on everybody gotta help me unwind
Get rid of those Ghosts in my mind, in my mind
Newton, slipping something slyly into the drink says
"Satan my boy, I'm starting to think that there's better ways of making a mint coz my blood turns blue and my head is shrinking"
Einstein howling senseless trapped down in the hole
He's all jumped up, he's turned to dust cause he got nailed down some time ago
Now his thoughts are for nothing and it's starting to show now
Don't you feel this sometimes?
If God turned up today
Could anybody think of anything clever to say?
I taught 'em but they're in their own idea of Hell
So come on everybody gotta help me unwind
Get rid of those Ghosts in my mind, in my mind
Cause my memory
Yeah it tells me
That I am not what I used to be
I don't know what I need but I need it
Cause my memory
Yeah it tells me
That I am not what I used to be
I'm not calling you a liar, just don't lie to me*
I'm not calling you a thief, just don't steal from me
I'm not calling you a ghost, just stop haunting me
And I love you so much, I'm gonna let you kill me
There's a ghost in my lungs and it sighs in my sleep
Wraps itself around my tounge as it softly speaks
Then it walks, then it walks with my legs
To fall, to fall, to fall at your feet
There but for the grace of God go I
And when you kiss me, I am happy enough to die
I'm not calling you a liar, just don't lie to me
And I love you so much, I'm gonna let you
I'm not calling you a thief, just don't
And I love you so much, I'm gonna let you
I'm not calling you a ghost, just stop
There's a ghost in my mouth and it talks in my sleep
Wraps itself around my tongue as it softly speaks
Then it walks. then it walks, then it walks with my legs
To fall, to fall, to fall, to fall
To fall, to fall
To fall, to fall, to fall, to fall,
to fall, to fall, at your feet
There but for the grace of God go I
Did you miss it enough
to make up for both of us?
Did you take it apart
just to show me how it worked?
And if you're asking me to stay don't turn your back and walk away
And no breaking down on me
I know you want to see the world, do the things you've never done in your life
It's like musical chairs
You're still young you don't care
You'll be stopping the song when you start
getting on a bit in years
(We run around 'til the music stops)
How can I help you if you don't let me in?
(I can't tell if we're sane or not)
How can I help you if you don't let me in?
(Maybe this ain't the game for us)
How can I help you if you don't let me in to your life?
Will you stay sitting down
when the next song comes around?
Well it's still early days
so get up and act your age
And if you're asking me to stay
don't turn your back and walk away
And no breaking down on me
I know you want to see the world, do the things you've never done in your life
It's like musical chairs
You're still young you don't care
You'll be stopping the song when you start
getting on a bit in years
(We run around 'til the music stops)
How can I help you if you don't let me in?
(I can't tell if we're sane or not)
How can I help you if you don't let me in?
(Maybe this ain't the game for us)
A gentle breeze brings down
all the leaves that bear my name
If you stay there'll be hell to pay
That's good advice
Oh don't you waste your time on me
I'll just fall apart
I always break like each single wave
that reaches shore
I sit and wait and they overtake
cause all that I lead is a lie
And you can't keep telling me off
Oh don't you waste your time on me
I'll just fall apart at the sea
I'm already frayed and oh I'm not
all there anymore
Your colours won't fade if you take care
So go on without me
Forget how to care
Forget how to love me
You're almost there
Oh don't you waste your time on me
Pulled apart and driven to distraction
On the beaten path from me to you
Just coz I'm leaving,
it don't make a difference
I call you at home on the day
you start to listen
We won't turn it round again
Coz I'm only losing ground
Can you feel me touching you?
I'm further and further away
Can you feel me touching you?
I'm further and further away
Can you feel me touching you?
I'm further and further away
I took my chance on a physical attraction
I photographed you in the nude
But the girl in the picture
is a pure work of fiction
The more that I stare
the less you seem to listen
We won't turn it round again
Coz I'm only losing ground
Can you feel me touching you?
I'm further and further away
Can you feel me touching you?
I'm further and further away
Can you feel me touching you?
I'm further and further away
a pretty sigh i may not be
not always right but i mean well
something`s wrong so come on and
tell me what is you need
dont pic a fight not in the mood
its not the time or th place well
whats got in you?
you seem to make it up to bring me down
and i know you can`t let go
but lets make the most of the weekend
you pretend the clock`s gone back again
i`ll pretend it`s nothing i you...
...just stop
ah ah ah
just stop
ah ah ah
why dont you ever stop?
you never stop
i cant begin to work out what you`re thinking
i`ll give up coz it`s notg like you wold ever let me win
you`re not making semse please help me see
what i am meant to the feeling
whats the proble
you gotta bring it up or let it be
...just stop
ah ah ah
just stop
ah ah ah
why dont you ever stop?
ah ah ah
just stop
(you`re bugging me)
why dont you ever stop?
...just stop
ah ah ah
just stop
ah ah ah
why dont you ever stop?
ah ah ah
just stop
(you`re bugging me)
I don't have a game to give away
I'd take you home but the lock's been changed
Let me take you in my arms tonight
My hands are tied but we can improvise
I've broken promises I've never made
And ruined plans that I've never laid
But I will be there if you need my help
and tell you things I don't tell no one else
No you don't need those spies of yours
That is what your eyes are for
I hit my head but you're kissing it better now
I've made up my mind
I've made up my mind
But I'm still confined
By these knots that I have tied
Can I come undone with you?
No you don't need those spies of yours
That is what your eyes are for
I hit my head but you're kissing it better now
I've made up my mind
I've made up my mind
But I'm still confined
By these knots that I have tied
Well I don't mean anything
'Cause it makes no difference
You shake your head again
As I try to make ammends
Well I know I've got a gift for over-analysis
Don't you know me?
I'll try to make it fit but I'll make a mess of it
You say there's nothing to it,
that the music is sometimes wrong
But the stars predict that I'll be tricked oh
Break my bones and string me along
But I still go on til I've got nothing left inside
A waste of time or a grand design?
Oh never mind, 'cause I've got no more pride to swallow now
I don't mean to make a fuss
but you're meant to be helping us
Don't you know me?
I'll add the numbers up
but I always get too much
You say there's nothing to it,
that the music is sometimes wrong
But the stars predict that I'll be tricked
Break my bones and string me along
But I still go on til I've got nothing left inside
A waste of time or a grand design?
Oh never mind, coz I've got no more pride to swallow now
And I don't know why I should bother if you see black and white not colour
Don't you see that I don't care if you don't want me there?
Will I ever find something better
to fill my time?
Well I've never tried
but I'd be so very far behind
I'm gonna draw a line
and try to cross it by January
I'm running out of time
but I've come so many miles and miles
with all these things
that I do
I'm always unwilling to start to a fight
But you've got that look in your eye
You gave me your word but I heard I'll find
It's coated in sugar and lies
The songs on the radio don't apply
Hollywood still leaves me cold
It's all happy endings and tragic lives
This ain't what they had in mind
She says
"Stay overnight, stay right by my side"
But there's truth wrapped up in little stars
And it's calling time
Well turn off the tears turn on the light
I know what you're doing and why
You're stoking the fire of my desire
While sowing the seeds of goodbye
She says
"Stay overnight, stay right by my side"
But there's truth wrapped up in little stars
And it's calling time
Is your head in the clouds?
We are dead in the ground
Too close to shout but too far to be heard
Well I've figured it out
So just say it aloud
We're over and out because
There's not enough to hold on
It's four o'clock in the morning,
I can't take another second of this excuse for taste,
take a chance - stay the night
Oh why don't we take a taxi back to mine,
I'm sure that we'll find a way to pass the time,
take a chance - stay the night
If it's a question of timing, I'll wait
If there's a reason I'll right, always
I gave you the night, coz I know what I found
I think of you and my heart beats a little louder
A little louder
I can't decide if you're giving me a sign,
well maybe you are just like this all the time,
take a chance - stay the night
Oh please don't tell me you're worried you might find
when morning comes you regret you crossed that line,
take a chance - stay the night
If it's a question of timing, I'll wait
If there's a reason I'll right, always
I gave you the night, coz I know what I found
I think of you and my heart beats a little louder
If it's a question of timing, I'll wait
If there's a reason I'll right, always
I gave you the night, coz I know what I found
I think of you and my heart beats a little louder
My heart beats a little louder
I tell you my heart beats a little louder
And oh, stay the night
(stay the night)
Stay the night, come on
(stay the night)
I always had a feeling you would stab my back
I hate the memories of the life we had
So bury your face in my waist why don't ya
It makes me sick just to hear your name
For all the wasted time
For all the selfish lies
You've taken a part of me
You wasted a part of me
You brought out the worst and I'm gone
So don't waste my time
(Don't waste my time)
Nothing's left of this broken world
Well, nothing but this fucking curse
I brought upon
Something has gotta be out there
Waiting for me like wolves at my door
(Wolves at my door)
I know it's gotta be out there
Gotta be out there
Out there
When I was young I met a demon
Haunted my dreams 'til I believed him
He tore my soul from the inside out
Now I'm picking up the pieces from my
Burning body on the concrete floor
He's screaming "I want more"
Breaking everything I adore
And leaving me behind in this nightmare
Through the wind it sails
Shallow and silent
Haunting my every word
Casting no shadow
Never thought this ghost would return
But it's pulling me back into its curse
Never thought that you would show
Just let your poison flow
So don't waste my time
(Don't waste my time)
Nothing's left of this broken world
Well, nothing but this fucking curse
I brought upon
Something has gotta be out there
Waiting for me like wolves at my door
(Wolves at my door)
I know it's gotta be out there
Gotta be out there
Out there
I know it's gotta be out there
I know it's gotta be out there
If I asked you to
Would you give up the ghost?
Of everything
And everyone you know
You've lost the connection
Maybe you should take a pill
To reconnect
To feel like you will
Yeah, anything
To keep your body still
You ask me a question
I'll tell you a lie
'Cause I'm no good when you start to cry
So let's write our letters
And we'll get out of town
'Cause we don't change
When you think I am
Who you think you'll be
The cloudiness
To what you really see
Until you don't know
Just what to think of me
You ask me a question
I'll tell you a lie
'Cause I'm no good when you start to cry
So let's write our letters
And we'll get out of town
'Cause we don't change
im an addicted romantic
i can feel the pins and needles up my back
up my back
im consistantly tragic
i can't touch you, if you fade in and out like that
i want you back
'cause it brings me down
like i've been hurt
all the things i
saw from death
all the things i
will not forget
you come home like a landslide
i can feel the pins and needles
sleep turned back, heart turned black
im particularly fragile
if my head exploded, would you put up with that?
dont do that
'cause it brings me down
like you've been hurt
all the things i
saw from death
and the weeks i'll
not forget
and the wheels as they turn
leave my heart and my head
scared red
and the weeks i
saw your death
the things i
saw from death
and the weeks i'll
not forget
and the wheels as they turn
leave my head and my heart
scared red
and the weeks i
They stayed put in their houses
Or moved to higher grounds
There are ghosts by the reservoir
But no one wants them round no more
There's a spell
For the dam to break
They'll tell you all about the time when it came
What they took away
In 1922
It caused a drought
It caused a flood
It came to change us all for good
Do I look like someone?
I've heard the voices through the floor
In a strange cold language
They're planning out a war
So tap into the mainline
And tell me all the secrets
Of a world you once lived in
That your heart could not swallow
The sky is so shallow
The sky is so shallow
The sky is so shallow
The sky is so shallow
The sky is so shallow
The sky is so shallow
The sky is so shallow
The sky is so shallow...
It's late, you've been working hard
Drive down to the reservoir
It caused a drought
It caused a flood
It came to change us all for good
Despite the years they're still around
You drink right down
To the bottom of the bottle
Every night
Whiskey or wine
Will do you fine
Get your blue flame burning bright
Or you're laying in bed
With a haunted head
And all these rooms to fill
It's a sleepless trance
When spirits dance all night and won't sit still
Don't keep the ghosts inside
Get them out of your head
Don't keep the ghosts inside
Get them out of your head
You're running from your lover
Running from your best friend
Running from your name
You race through regrets
Like cigarettes
And you can't break this chain
Don't keep the ghosts inside
Get them out of your head
Don't keep the ghosts inside
Get them out of your head
Maybe you should just count sheep instead
Out of your head
Out of your head
You try to hush your heart
Try to hush your brain
You're going to kill your love
Trying to numb your pain
Can't face these ghosts if you hide away
Baby, own yourself don't hide away
Hide away
Don't keep the ghosts inside
Get them out of your head
Don't keep the ghosts inside
Get them out of your head
Maybe you should just count sheep instead
Out of your head
Out of your head
You're running from your lover
Running from your best friend
Running from this town
You don't know
A seed won't grow
I can be down
All my life
It's my time
To recognize
Story died
Truth inside
I'm talking to ghosts
I'm talking to fools
I'm talking to walls
I'm through with you
Life goes on
You were mine
It's my time
You're losing mine
The story died
Pain inside
I'm talking to ghosts
I'm talking to fools
I'm talking to walls
I'm through with you
I'm talking to ghosts
Talking to fools
Talking to walls
I'm through with you
It's over
If we give up before we ever fought
If we only do what we are told
And think we know it all, but never really learnt
If we turn the page before the page has turned
If we close doors, we never opened up
If we don't really start a thing before we stop
And never speak the truth although we do not lie
If we're full of plans but never dare to try...
Ghosts we are, made of flesh and bone
With empty minds and hearts of stone
The seed that was not meant to thrive
Existing but not really alive
Ghosts we are, though there's blood in our veins
Born free we chose to live in chains
Thought we were on our way, but in fact we weren't
So we burned out, before we ever burned...
If we take no risk, afraid that we might loose
And neverever make a choice, but let the others choose
If we don't love, afraid we won't be loved
If we long for touch but keep our fingers gloved
If we've got it good but even though feel bad
And should be happy but always feel sad
If we crash down before we tried to fly
Then we are dead so long before we die
Ghosts we are, made of flesh and bone
With empty minds and hearts of stone
The seed that was not meant to thrive
Existing but not really alive
Ghosts we are, though there' blood in our veins
Born free we chose to live in chains
Thought we were on our way, but in fact we weren't
(Crywolf)
Wait, turn around, don't walk through that door
There are verses left you don't know
Oh my hands are painted red
Wait, there's a locket here in my palm
It is broken like the song
I first sang the night you lied
Stay the night and we'll meet our ghosts
They'll be drifting up through the floor
Stepping softly 'round the bed
Take my life right here in the sheets
The wall between you and me
Will melt away, but will it go?
Will it go?
And your heart was held in your hips
When you gave to him with your lips
All the poems that we wrote
And I told you that I was whole
But my heart turned off with your phone
And no tears will save you now
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where'd your sense of adventure go?
You sit at home, with dinner on a tray,
The world is outside.
Do you remember how it used to be,
At 17, I've never been the same,
Forgot my lies.
She said, we could do anything, we can do anything,
Oh oh oh oh,
Open your eyes; the world is outside your door,
Oh oh oh,
Don't tell me your story if you don't have one.
The last Monday in January,
Is apparently the worst day of the year,
Maybe they're right,
I don't even know what day it is,
I'm tired of this, wish we were kids again,
With time on our side,
She said, we could do anything, we can do anything,
Oh oh oh oh,
Open your eyes; the world is outside your door,
Oh oh oh,
You're kidding yourself 'cos everything else is old.
Oh oh oh oh,
Open your eyes; the world is outside your door,
Oh oh oh,
Don't tell me your story if you don't have one.
Oh oh oh oh,
Open your eyes; the world is outside your door,
Oh oh oh,
You're kidding yourself 'cos everything else is old.
Oh oh oh oh,
You're taking your time; the world is outside your door,
Oh oh oh,
Do you ever feel that someone's watching you
Do you feel the whisper when it passes through
It's in the darknest corner waiting silently
It can wait one day or for eternity
Don't go there, stay away
There's something in the darkness
Keep in mind, what you'll find
Will return one day
Left in the dark, the ghosts of yesturday
out in the dark, again
the ghosts in us, will never set you free
and won't disappear
Can you hear the steps behind you closing in
Can you see them moving when your dream begins
Do you fear the darkest places in your head
When the truth is revealed to you,
you wish that you were dead
Don't go there, stay away
There's something evil in there
Keep in mind, that what you'll find
Will never give you peace
Left in the dark, the ghosts of yesturday
out in the dark, again
the ghosts in us, will never set you free
The figure fades to ground
she hangs her head like saturday
your skyscraper hearts
they rise and fall and fade away
and you're left selling secrets
chasing ghosts down empty hallways
there're pretty girls in skirts on nine and five
and nothing's changed
she moves the silence
and quiets tragedy
if the dead could speak now
we'd be the ghosts in the machine
she's pretty isn't she?
we become everything we need
if the dead could speak now...
you've already lost me
i'm on floor four and fading
breathing like a porcelain doll
so come and cure me lady
killing off the past and now
and all your neon nights, electric lives
they'll never save you
alone he cuts the lights
the pixels scream as he descends
she moves the silence
and drugs down tragedy
if the dead could speak now
we'd be the ghosts in the machine
she's pretty isn't she?
we become everything we need
if the dead could speak now...
you've already lost me
Forged in the fires of our distorted selves
The burning victims of our self-proclaiming Hell
Invading, assailing
New darkness once more unveiling
Beneath the blanket of a thousand stars...
Condemned to a future that none foretold
In one perpetual midnight of the soul
Waning and cascading
Our strength is utterly failing
Beneath the cosmos of our shattered dreams
What brings the end
What will bring forth the Night
What kills the soul
Would surely be worth the fight
"What will be lost
What will remain
When life and death
Have become one and the same..."
We who once reached for the skies dreaming we could
fly...
We welcome the darkness
We welcome the new age
We welcome all the throes from our past mistakes
As long as one day it will all end
For we are bound for death...
No more than fumes of the ires that once befell
No more than ghosts in the shells that we now dwell
Waning and cascading
The world beneath us is falling
Yet our grim cadavers continue marching on and on...
What brings the end
What will bring forth the Night
What kills the soul
Would surely be worth the fight
So we could leave
This Hell called life
This undying world
I hear you're feeling better now
The fog has lifted and the haze has shifted
But the magic's really not the same
And now there's nothing left to blame
I hear you're sending letters now
Apologies and explanations
And though it's all forgiven now
It's not forgotten anyhow
It's only ghosts
And ghosts can't touch me now
I hear you're looking younger now
Better than you ever were
Though late at night when there's no one there
You feel every rip and tear (ch)
I hear you're walking lighter now
The sun is shining from your eyes
And even though it's brightly lit
It's not the way you picture it (ch)
I hear you're feeling wiser now
And telling it to all your friends
And though you're really not that sure
Everyone I know I lose
I dedicate this song to those
Who don't know where to go, who choose
Like me a place to go for good
It's for those who see in us fools
Someone not meant to be a ghost
Do you feel alive
Feeling high the whole year 'round
I'm feeling left behind, don't you see
I'm feeling like a ghost
I'm put away, walk thru walls
Guess I'm one of those
Who walk the line without shoes
Feeling like a ghost
Thru rainy nights and sunny days
Do I have to die to live your life
Alone now
Every single friend, lost somehow
I don't wanna cry, refuse
Simple kinda life, abused
Do you feel alive
Feeling high the whole year 'round
I'm feeling left behind, don't you see
I'm feeling like a ghost
I'm put away, walk thru walls
Guess I'm one of those
Who walk the line without shoes
Feeling like a ghost
Thru rainy nights and sunny days
Do I have to die to live your life
Another episode in my life
I'm feeling very old, I'm satisfied
My back is up the road, it's time to go
Goodbye now
I'm feeling like a ghost
I'm put away, walk thru walls
Guess I'm one of those
Who walk the line without shoes
Feeling like a ghost
Walkin' up you're sixty five
Looking back, how was your life
All went well, you're growing old
What's up with all the broken souls
I'm feeling like a ghost
I'm put away, walk thru walls
Guess I'm one of those
Who walk the line without shoes
Feeling like a ghost
Thru rainy nights and sunny days
