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re​:​solutions

by The Friendly Ghost

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1.
L'Sprit... 01:28
2.
If we last the year—hell, the night You can color me surprised A bright shade of surprise But hey, shades only count for me There’s no such thing as subtlety When you deal with wait and see Don’t forget the stand your making It won’t catch the fall your taking You’re moved on And we’re still here Stuck on words Reversing years And nursing beers Traversing fears Rehearsing cheer (Hope is well in love and war) Not that you’d notice But I got none for all this Ignorance lingers And it’s blistered on my fingers You pulled the rug out And I’m cut off at the knees now I am the boat and you are the current You are decision and I am deferment We are not muscle, we are the mem’ry Forget the tension, recall me gently CHORUS
3.
INVENTION OF MAKE DO Plaster a smile Under uncertain eyes Believe me, there's nothing to hear Fingertips flat Across my own back You're deaf to the voice that I fear Dig in those nails While my mind fails to fail It will always know what this part was Quiet alarms I uncross my arms Worry will do what it does A new set of lungs but no bells will be runCalm your collarbones, kid Watch your shoulder blades kiss Keeping cool in the mix Contain The grip that it takes to Convey My invention of make-do If wishes were horses We'd all run our courses And never be worse for the wear But beggars can't choose Another image to lose When the cowboy leaves tracks in the air Shades and charades Old games that we played Hid nothing I hadn't renounced Now I'm risking religion For rocky collisions For an earthquake to clear the accounts Subliminal flash of the losses will pass PRECHORUS CHORUS
4.
Oh my friends, oh my friends They don’t come around no more. They’re soaking up the scenery, Booze, what’s left of greenery In New York I’ve been building bridges out of matches, Relationships from ashes And I’m dancing on the pyre These children ain’t too bright They’re shadows asking for a light They're all lit up and looking for a fight The old flames in my mind are out of sight Hey where you been (screaming under covers) Don’t look so good (no sense in wishing well) Can’t stand it when you say The best laid plans are left alone Alone Our greatest hits are seemingly minor hiccup fits Hard pressed to feel legit To admit significance If no one asks we might forget we’re made of glass Half full Half hungry No room for knowing what we got
5.
If I could be clever every minute That would be great, that would be ideal I’d kill for my only weakness To be soft spot in the back of my heel But as it stands I’m at the mercy Of every little look you carelessly give Of every tiny thing I think you think Of the way you choose to harmlessly live The first to fret is a nothing Guaranteed I’m second to none When there’s no ones, we outta be ought but I can’t kick a feeling that weighs a thousand tons Gimme me critique, oh, give me feedback Particulars and unprovoked praise I could achieve almost anything If it weren’t for the bar’s insistence to raise On the day I stop apologizing There’ll be a parade, it will be in my name With puppet blood and trombone floods Ringing in my post-mortem fame I’m sorry I didn’t really mean that These death daydreams get lost in their length The thing about feeling vulnerable You tend to forget it can be a strength It’s ok, it’s ok, it’s ok, it’s ok…
6.
Setting records like setting bone The more we break, the more we’re alone. Disjointed feelings for the coming year, A hinge is crucial in a door’s career. Couched in fragments, a general rule Hidden meanings for a friendly ghoul Different volumes, a matching page Finding wavelengths that resonate For some of us, you have to wait But more or less, we’re always late Jejune: Je manque de maturité A lack is not for revelry Setting records like setting bone The more you break, the more you alone Settings records like setting bone The more you break, the more you've grown.
7.
I'm on a stopping spree All my friends are the fodder Bring all my friends to the slaughter Cus I'm on a killing spree If you know what's good for me Make a list and I'll follow Grind the pills and I'll swallow When you prove your hands are clean I think I'm standing on black ice Trying on sincerity for size I think I'm standing on black ice Trying on sincerity for size I think I'm sitting on frozen tides Relying on morality that slides
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9.
V 04:35
Some set the scene, while we seem to draw the lines That bind us between people and the times Though we were made in different lights We live our lives with each other in mind Cus you are the blood that runs through me And we are the ink the sinks undying If you were to slur your words Your vowels would be powerful enough to shake The phases of our days And wake us from these sour hazes And as I throw the rope, now and again The slack you give and take makes the difference Tell me everything about you Till I get bored Life ain’t fit to be fair Anymore We’re feeling oh so insecure Risk no more Risk no more Risk no more Cus you are the blood that runs through me And we are the ink the sinks undying And as I throw the rope, now and again The slack you give and take makes the difference
10.
Ah, Ça ira! It's alright I eat christmas lights
11.
Resolve 04:46
A Tattoo Louder than the car screech and the truck stops And the underground explosions on second avenue Who knew? A Tattoo Of the overwhelming nosebleed in the bathroom A rubber duck on a red sea Part me Part of you If nothing changes what’s the difference? You can have my house I’ll live in the stars And you can shoot for me when you find wood rots And the ground’s too hard I resolve to not dissolve To not dissolve at all A Tattoo Louder than the car screech and the truck stops And the underground explosions on second avenue Who knew? You can have my house I’ll live in the stars And you can ink my name when you find wood rots And the ground’s too hard I resolve to not dissolve To not dissolve at all I resolve to not dissolve To not dissolve tonight
12.
If I could be clever every minute That would be great, that would be ideal I’d kill for my only weakness To be soft spot in the back of my heel But as it stands I’m at the mercy Of every little look you carelessly give Of every tiny thing I think you think Of the way you choose to harmlessly live The first to fret is a nothing Guaranteed I’m second to none When there’s no ones, we outta be ought but I can’t kick a feeling that weighs a thousand tons Gimme me critique, oh, give me feedback Particulars and unprovoked praise I could achieve almost anything If it weren’t for the bar’s insistence to raise On the day I stop apologizing There’ll be a parade, it will be in my name With puppet blood and trombone floods Ringing in my post-mortem fame I’m sorry I didn’t really mean that These death daydreams get lost in their length The thing about feeling vulnerable You tend to forget it can be a strength It’s ok, it’s ok, it’s ok, it’s ok…

credits

released May 13, 2016

The Friendly Ghost:
Victor Chiburis- Guitar, Vocals, Banjo, Organ
Hannah Schenk- Vocals, Percussion, Bells and Whistles
Joe Attwater- Banjo, Vocals, Guitar
Josh “Harpo” Marcks- Keys, Vocals, Organ, Accordion, Guitar, Glockenspiel

All music and lyrics written and performed by The Friendly Ghost
Additional lyrics on “Resolve” by Emily Dauer
Drums on “L’Sprit” and “Greatest Hits” performed and written by Sam Pratt, recorded with the help of Lewis Gillies.

Engineered by Ben Perry and Victor Chiburis
Mixed and Mastered by Ben Perry

Thanks to the Johnson family for the getaway spot,
Our families for everything,
KA, MD, ED, FW, DW, TC, TM, GG
Revibe, Llama T, and Sundance.

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The Friendly Ghost New London, Connecticut

Hauntin' since '09

Victor Chiburis
Joe Attwater
Hannah Schenk
Josh Marcks

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