Replacement Leaves
from EPs & Singles 2009-2014 by The Friendly Ghost
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lyrics
We just found out and I’m caught off guard.
Please tell me how things got so hard.
Where did you go and how did it feel?
Please tell me, “No, this isn’t real.”
Your mother cried and your friends were scared
When you up and died, we’re unprepared.
So much for peace and so much for quiet,
There is no ease when your heart’s a riot.
We grow from the lives we lead
And with yours you left a seed.
Now there are trees with replacement leaves
That glow with your memory.
Cus’ we can’t always remember
And we can’t always feel tender.
But you’re a note in every song
And the beat
On the humdrum days that you’re gone.
When did we get the age
When people we know are put in the past tense?
When did we get the age
Where we fill our bags with such heavy content?
When did we get the age
When shit like this could possibly happen?
When did we get the age
When these kinds of questions gain some traction?
I heard a rumor through the wall
Your heart didn’t stop, it stalled.
You went from walk to crawl
The readiness is all.
We can’t always be ready
We can’t always feel steady
But you’re a note in every song
And the beat
On the humdrum days that you’re gone.
Please tell me how things got so hard.
Where did you go and how did it feel?
Please tell me, “No, this isn’t real.”
Your mother cried and your friends were scared
When you up and died, we’re unprepared.
So much for peace and so much for quiet,
There is no ease when your heart’s a riot.
We grow from the lives we lead
And with yours you left a seed.
Now there are trees with replacement leaves
That glow with your memory.
Cus’ we can’t always remember
And we can’t always feel tender.
But you’re a note in every song
And the beat
On the humdrum days that you’re gone.
When did we get the age
When people we know are put in the past tense?
When did we get the age
Where we fill our bags with such heavy content?
When did we get the age
When shit like this could possibly happen?
When did we get the age
When these kinds of questions gain some traction?
I heard a rumor through the wall
Your heart didn’t stop, it stalled.
You went from walk to crawl
The readiness is all.
We can’t always be ready
We can’t always feel steady
But you’re a note in every song
And the beat
On the humdrum days that you’re gone.
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from EPs & Singles 2009-2014,
released July 24, 2015
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The Friendly Ghost New London, Connecticut
Hauntin' since '09
Victor Chiburis
Joe Attwater
Hannah Schenk
Josh Marcks
discography
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May 2016 -
Jul 2015 -
May 2017
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