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Ghost Be Gone

by Warn The Duke

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1.
Coastline 03:26
Stand your ground, fight all night Bring this down, make that change Travel Back, change and fall Pining for, teenage rage The guns sing pow pow pow, along this silent night Now gonna bring this down, now gonna make that change They say we’re not dead yet, that’s what that feelin’s for Another sign of a city asunder All along the coastline, see a sign of a city gone under All inside the brainstem, see a sign of a people decayed ‘Neath the superficial path me made There’s a spirit where the heart still reigns You can feel it deep under my skin It’s the moment where this all begins All along the coastline, see a sign of a city gone under All inside the brainstem, see a sign of a people decayed In between the moments that we wait There’s a feelin fleetin you can’t see I won’t make it back before too late I travel over the coast for sanity’s sake c’est moi x16 If you take a listen to yourself You can still believe in all you love Tear the mask off all your silent rage Emancipate the spirit from the cage All along the coastline, see a sign of a city gone under All inside the brainstem, see a sign of a people decayed Final call, start again, crumpled papers all around my bed I got these fighting words, on my tongue, I’m not dead, you’re not to dig my grave I gotta get it right this time ‘fore we’re gone Fight all night, dream all day, drown out sound, cut out the frequency On that city train, subway tracks, cry out loud to bring the static back I gotta get it right this time before we’re gone, got a long, long way home, see you when I see you, gotta go before the death of us all Come down, come down, come down I’m gonna get it right x8
2.
Kids! Cold blooded kids into the sound, I’ll curse all winters Bodies can’t move to the beat Can’t see your breath among the dead leaves crushed under boot We sang it into the streets Kids, we believe in a lost world Queens, we don’t even care Hey, you’re the king so in other words I can’t seem to make you care Might as well just leave it alone, yeah yeah yeah And when you try to sing yourself, September morning Hard winds can drown out your sound No conversations over coffee, breakfast table Fuck all, I’m letting you down, forgive me Kids, we believe in a lost world Queens, we don’t even care Hey, you’re the king so in other words I can’t seem to make you care Might as well just leave it alone, yeah yeah yeah Strange old world is still these scene Stranger still is all this rage when you’re off on your own I can’t feel nothing, while we sit and stare You’re not the king of another world All I can sing can’t make you care Or make you stare x6 Let the city go, turn the lights down low, anyway… Kids, queens, you’re not the king and the queen of nothing Kids, queens, you’re not the king and the queen no more Kids, queens, you’re not the king and the queen of nothing
3.
Cordelia 04:08
The last monarch of the modern world, silenced by fame A tragic maiden, this Cordelia, can’t speak his name, and we’re still Standing on the edge of it, trying to find the light on the day Said it all x 3 But now I’m stranded out of love and divided ‘tween the dark and the grey Said it all x 3 Divided love within Cordelia, can’t make a sound We improvise in isolated ways Pray sing that pitch of the wayward song The past was pining for the present day, now can’t go home The road to nowhere, wanna abdicate Walk down from thrones, I’m the All-One Standing on the edge of it, trying to find the light on the day Said it all x 3 But now I’m stranded out of love and divided ‘tween the dark and the grey Said it all x 3 Just standing ‘tween the separate times, can’t make this sentiment stay Said it all x 3 I can’t believe the answers, I don’t accept the questions at all these days Said it all x 3 And when we try to match these heartbeats, syncopate these dead streets, cast on your own Syncing up, out of time Out of space, out of time Can’t sing no more, we’ll just take a long holiday Dance in the sun until the dark Chanter les mots of Cordelia Standing on the edge of it, trying to find the light on the day Said it all x 3 But now I’m stranded out of love and divided ‘tween the dark and the grey Said it all x 3 Out standing ‘tween the separate times, can’t make this sentiment stay Said it all x 3 I can’t accept the answers, I won’t accept that I’m in the same strange place Said it all x 3
4.
2050 05:20
Rain... Home! 6:46 in the morning, 747 in the sky There’s no riot going down along Broadway, as the innocent pass you by, home Stay below the city lights x 8 5:45 in the PM, kid with stratocaster on the train Well there’s no light at the end of his work-a-day Cuz the war’s not over, no the war’s not over He’s not gonna play With his trademark strumming, yeah we all keep running and eternal race With no skin nor stones nor security of bones just to break my fall No we’ll never stop the rain and we’ll never smash the state but One day, we’ll go to sleep before sunrise Dark moon, no view of the skyline One chance, warm place Take flight within a dark room, no view of the city lights Stay below the city lights x 8 And just come out, come out, show them, draining the blood, it won’t come out The last hoorah, nobody picks up the paper anymore, it says, We’re at war with the tide She comes in, breaks the levees, floods the town, what can you do Strums his guitar like a martyr, not a soul will listen to his words Are we not plunging towards the water? Now he’s screaming no more, man, he’s nero with that fiddle He’s not gonna play With his trademark strumming, yeah we all keep running and eternal race With no skin nor stones nor security of bones just to break my fall No we’ll never stop the rain and we’ll never smash the state but One day, we’ll go to sleep before sunrise Dark moon, no view of the skyline One chance, warm place Take flight within a dark room, no view of the city lights Stay below the city lights x 8 And just come out, come out, show them, draining the blood, it won’t come out Nice new home for all the city rats and millionaires and bureaucrats You’re welcome, for how we all fucked off I turn my radio up loud Tried to take some modest incremental steps but as we talked the land got wet I’m sorry for how we all fucked off I turn my radio up, but there’s no rock n’ roll left, just static haze It’s time Rain And now it’s gonna rain But the train’s not coming and we all keep running this eternal race With no skin nor stones nor security of bones just to break my fall No we’ll never stop the rain and we’ll never smash the state but One day, we’ll go to sleep before sunrise Dark moon, no view of the skyline One chance, warm place Take flight within a dark room, no view of the city lights Stay below the city lights x 8 And just come out, come out, show them, dragging the lake it won’t, draining the blood, it won’t come out
5.
Noreaster 04:39
Gimme everything I need kid I’m gonna need a lot of self-reassurance for the next 5 years Gimme better space to breathe kid Last time we’re leaving behind all these walls that left us clostrophobic Just made it off the floor From my corner where the walls met the pavement after high crimes Unfreedom made, not born Perdition is a train that diverts off the tracks Angel Don’t let me hear the music, it would only remind me of what it was like on the other side If I could only prove it, we could sail in the dark black tide ‘stead of being on two other sides No restart, no rest, noreaster x 2 I was waiting for your call Telephone within my reach, now A desperation for a friend who could mend my shattered ego Just tell me lies some more Cuz you can’t leave me behind, your walls provide me santuary Doesn’t matter what I said Got a need for a voice to relieve me of a hard choice Doesn’t matter if I beg Contrition is a flight with no radio contact Angel Don’t let me hear the music, it would only remind me of what it was like on the other side If I could only prove it, we could sail in the dark black tide ‘stead of being on two other sides No restart, no rest, noreaster x 2 Don’t let me hear the music, it would only remind me of what it was like on the other side If I could only prove it, we could sail in the dark black tide ‘stead of being on two other sides Fought your last fight in a life so long It’s the same composition, just a different song What a shame that a lie like love has gone two ways Gone two ways x 4
6.
Don’t haunt my dreams tonight Ghost, I’m the guilty one 4:48 AM Half an hour til it’s dawn Might as well just stand up and Scare the pigeons off the lawn Walk to the bus again Be gone be gone, please ghost be gone Cuz your shadow is cast so wide I gotta get outta here, running out of time And we can drive on, the night’s so long A nostalgic refrain of a hard swan song And no fire works to spark that flame We’re gonna drown in the water when coasts fight tides While I sit on my bed and wait Another fine attitude, a selective rage Welcome home to your house dear Feed the cat and crack a beer Resident ontologist Just sitting upright in my easy chair Your teenage kids got old The grass could use a mow Steal the gargoyles off your lawn Be gone be gone, please ghost be gone Cuz your shadow is cast so wide I gotta get outta here, running out of time And we can drive on, the night’s so long A nostalgic refrain of a hard swan song And no fire works to spark that flame We’re gonna drown in the water when coasts fight tides While I sit on my bed and wait Another fine attitude, a selective rage Cuz your shadow is cast so wide I gotta get outta here, running out of time And we can drive on, the night’s so long A nostalgic refrain of a hard swan song And no fire works to spark that flame We’re gonna drown in the water when coasts fight tides, singing Ghost be, ghost be, ghost be gone
7.
Get on, get out x 4 Get in the van! Well we were just 17, punk kids with a daydream in sight We found a group, they liked our style Out of the burbs, big city with the lights Go! Well it’s all on the line, it’s our life, it our time Because nothing matters when you’re young (I want no more) And we’re last on the bill, and the band is dressed to kill And the crowd is shouting “rebel yell” (Chicago lights) Blame it on the backbeat x3, more Blame it on the backbeat x3, more Well we were just 21, stranded in the strangest cities, California sun We lost our nerve, 3,000 miles from our hometown Big city don’t feel right No! Not we’re lost in a van, and I don’t know what’s the plan, now we’re sleeping on a punk house floor (I want no more) And I can’t find a meal and I’m starting now to feel like we’re just another band on tour (Chicago lights) Blame it on the backbeat x3, more Get in the van! Though these days drag on long and hazy Things we did, they still amaze me now And no matter what happens now, they can’t take that away x 4 Well it’s all on the line, it’s our life, it our time Because nothing matters when you’re young (I want no more) And we’re last on the bill, and the band is dressed to kill And the crowd is shouting “rebel yell” (Chicago lights) Blame it on the backbeat x3, more Blame it on the backbeat x3, more Chicago lights
8.
My brain is achin’, my lips all dry All the wine we’re taking, evicted Saturday night, be gone by Saturday night And there’s no sympathy for my plight I wasn’t born to run, I wasn’t born to run, no no No possibility for my love Because we’re already dead, yeah we’re already dead Because we’re wasted, wasted, out from the backyard to the basement, basement And I don’t want your sympathy, could use a little empathy With all these cigarettes they’re blazing, blazing, don’t know how these kids even breathing, breathing Used to retain my sanity, used to avoid the One who sees right through your bullshit, one who sees right through my tired eyes My patience waning, all’s not alright Guess we’ll just fake it and stay in Saturday night, just like we do every night And there’s no sympathy for my plight I wasn’t born to run, I wasn’t born to run, no no Never get that fortitude for my love Because we’re already dead, start the cycle again Because we’re wasted, wasted, out from the backyard to the basement, basement And I don’t want your sympathy, could use a little empathy (And at 21 at the porno store, it’s the only home you know, you curse the one who needs you) Up the banister from basement, pavement The kitchen clock is ticking straining, screaming Used to retain my sanity, used to avoid the One who sees right through your bullshit, one who sees right through your costume, one who sees right through to the other side I can’t help thinking now about the love we lost The final price we paid and every other costs I thought I met the one, I never felt so dead Was it the circumstance or was it in my head? It’s just the way we live, it wasn’t in our hands We did the best we could, but we could never stand Cuz we could never do what your family did A generation gap and broken promises So after 7 years, no longer born to run We’re stranded on our backs, cuz there’s no romance left From your credit rating to your payday loans Your peasant wage, your fucked up homes But baby we’re alright, I promise we’re ok This ain’t no epitaph, this ain’t no early grave I’m trying not to think like a pessimist I’m just a lonely kid, on my own soapbox But I’m American, and I was guaranteed Pursuit of happiness, life and liberty And while I can’t help blame this on the outside world I’m hoping you don’t think that this is all my fault Cuz I can be that man x 8 (It’s the way we live now) And this will never change x 8
9.
Star 05:08
Goddamn you and the country and the war Yeah you make a little money just to make a little more You spend all of that money from your ill-begotten gains What’s the point of all this bleeding when it’s flowing through your veins Goddamn your lies said the son unto the man There’s no God and there’s no heaven, just some water and some land Take solace in the struggle for someone that you can mourn You’re too close for coexistence, yet to far away to warn I ‘spose that star will burn out any minute Can’t stand my ground when all we do is fret it I waste my time on all these questions, you know I can’t hold on, instead I’m setting it go Rotting out, on the sea God bless you, said to the father to the son Lots of luck with all that nihilism, can’t be that much fun When stepping to the gates and Saint Peter calls your name All you’ve got is your excuses for your lack of faith in anything I can’t break bread with a man who doesn’t mourn ‘Stead of siding with humanity, he claims to be reborn Said the son unto the man, as he’s walking out the door You did a fine job taking me to church So critical And she knows that, I know that She writes fiction to her friends And everybody saw it coming Too vacant to realize There is nothing we can do Or say to make it evident I can’t hold on We can’t hold on I ‘spose that star will burn out any minute Can’t stand my ground when all we do is fret it I waste my time on all these questions, you know I can’t hold on, instead I’m setting it go I ‘spose I’d walk out to the city limits Your ghost still haunts me but I won’t admit it We won’t escape til your star burns away I ‘spose I could get over this Extend my fingers from fists and climb Rotting out The chill of an idiot wind blows all night when it’s winter time Rotting out Say you got diseases, but ain’t no type of medicine Body’s in distress from the heart into the head No confession for your sins, there’s not reason for your penitence We stand outside the church while the grievance is nailed to the wall Burn it out.

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Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jason Maas @ Getaway Studios, Jan-May 2015.

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released October 16, 2015

Engineered by Jason Maas, produced by Warn The Duke

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