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Ghost
02:09
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there used to be a ghost in this light, but now it's gone out
the gas lamp has run out of fuel and fire
it flickered and died
and now this ghost is mine
there used to be these ghosts in my eyes, but now they've gone out
the specters wrote down words by candlelight
bout rain and storm and love in comet flames
that grew out of the page
filled the sky with empty fire
went to space, erupted higher
hit the moon and flew back down again
there used to be these ghosts in this song, but now they've gone out
the theater forgot to put their light out
so now they find another home
inside another song i wrote
but i don't know which one
there used to be a ghost in this life, but now it's gone out
(i forgot these words)
flickered and died
and now this ghost is mine
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der Mond
02:01
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Jamie läuft zu dem Mond und kauft sich eine Karte zum Mondes Ballet. Ihr Kleid ist grün
if the clothes, they make the girl
then her clothes, they make her twirl
and spin
and fall
down
out of space
Mädchen, you yell to her, why'd you hide the moon?
she raised her voice to you and hit you with her shoe
she walks her own way
and she walks into the moon
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Thaw
01:41
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your lips, your hands are ice cold
i put my fingers in yours
and i cry out, will you please thaw
lay you on the lantern, prop you up
you're still a rock
the hallway flickers orange, i can't stand up
i felt your heat
it passed through me
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The Road to Tallahassee
02:51
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i wanted it to rain so badly on my head
that i dove into a cold lake
and swam out to the other bank
but when i got out to rinse all of the scum of of my body
i emerged from the water dry and warm
one million different thoughts crawled through my head
why'm i not soggy to the bone
why aren't i freezing cold, but rather like the night before
the storm came in
and ripped apart everything
the road to Tallahassee is a damp carpet
there's tires ripping holes in it, and parasite growing from it
i lay my head down to wet my face
i lost my legs
my bones did break apart
and a haunt, like a leech, crawls up my arm
i am dry in a puddle of rain
the air was cold
the wind grew stronger
the storm came in
it ripped apart everything
except this parasite in my mind
these ghosts in my eyes
the wind blew through this song
and ripped the carpet of the ground
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