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Nathan
08:42
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I'm bloodhound devoted to you
Baby, that's what they say about me
When you're not around
Walking with a muzzle on my teeth
Since I know this devotion would run you aground
Darling, I love
Those heather red pools
Where I strike your lover between the ribs
Watching sweet purple liquor run out
I'll think of you on death row
And it'll all seem worth it
You said "Don't worry darling
They're already long dead to me"
You said "Won't you be my Rose West?"
Babe, if that's what you need
That's just what you need
Honey, I won't make it quick
And I won't make it easy
I want to watch you writhing
I want to stay here feeling
Wide-eyed, beaming
With dark red cheshire lips
Honey, come home and kiss me
And it'll all seem worth it
Nathan, Nathan, Nathan
I hear the crow in the garden
Clawing on the portico
There's a fox
Ripping open all your plastic remains
Leaving them splayed
All across the lawn
I'm your outlaw
Underneath that streetlight
Coming in
To the dark saloon
Take me deep
Into your body
Let your bones bleed
Into mine
I love you, I love you, I love you
And I am buried
In a coffin next to yours
Nathan, I won't make it quick
And I won't make it easy
I want to watch her writhing
I want to stay here feeling
I can't let go
Of your hand in mine
Nathan, come home and kiss me
And it'll all seem worth it
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2. |
Anyone's Ghost
03:48
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Say you stayed home
Alone with the flu
Find out from friends
That wasn't true
Go out at night
With your headphones on again
And walk through
The Manchester valleys of the dead
Didn't want to be your ghost
Didn't want to be anyone's ghost
Didn't want to be your ghost
Didn't want to be anyone's ghost
But I don't want anybody else
I don't want anybody else
You said I came close
As anyone's come
To live underwater
For more than a month
You said it was not inside my heart, it was
You said it should tear a kid apart, it does
Didn't want to be your ghost
Didn't want to be anyone's ghost
Didn't want to be your ghost
Didn't want to be anyone's ghost
But I don't want anybody else
I don't want anybody else
I don't want anybody else
I don't want anybody else
I had a hole in the middle
Where the lightning went through it
Told my friends not to worry
I had a hole in the middle
Someone's sideshow wouldn't do it
I told my friends not to worry
Didn't want to be your ghost
Didn't want to be anyone's ghost
Didn't want to be your ghost
Didn't want to be anyone's ghost
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Creaking on the stairs
Carried home to you
Holly wreath
Menorah windowsill
I cross that threshold
Inside your corpse bones
I tie all my seasons to you
Who'd you kill this time?
Pitch black sky
That dark December
When I
Woke up to safety
Inside your cavity
Pine needles fall
That bleary highway frost
Keeps me sane
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Every time I wanted to protect you
I would fall back into empty
Untethered without warning
In a real thought
That I used to have
I would worry you'd die
10 Years before me
I wanted you to reach out and touch
I wanted you to eat me whole
Baby, won't you hold me down
In the shell of my body
Carve me out
If you like me so much
Kiss me
If you like me so much
Let me know
Far too late
And with far too much hesitation
If you can't stomach me now
You know I wouldn't blame you
When I ask for your patience
It's not an accusation
Showing my soft stomach in trust
This is a newborn, infant love
Pink and hot, from another flesh
I wanted you to consume me, body first
And if I needed to overlook
I would've overlooked for you
By the baring of my teeth
Baby, won't you overwhelm me?
If you like me so much
Fuck me
If you like me so much
Let me know
I will take my own advice
Far too late
And with far too much hesitation
And I kept thinking that
If you came and kissed me
I'd forgive you instantly
I want to scream at you
Open-mouthed and pleading
Every time I'm happy
I think it'll be the last time
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5. |
Hypothetical End
04:32
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I wanted him to say
"I know you've been scared of love and what it did to you"
I am a bludgeoned, dark, vindictive thing
Covered in feathers and bleeding
I am allowed resentment
Only when it's gentle
My anger is a handkerchief
Waving goodbye from a train
And what if I wanted to stay
Even if it hurts me?
Won't you tell me you love me
Even if it's a lie?
I'm willing to believe
There's a version of you that ends up with me
With a 9 to 5 job and unopened bills
Lying forgotten on the countertop
I will allow myself grief
And hope I come back empty handed
Possession was a victory
I give up on being owned
All those big black bears
They're just little dogs, really
Once you get to know them
Growling about death but not meaning it
And I meant it when I said I would stay
Even though it hurts me
When you tell me you love me
And I know it's a lie
I'm willing to believe
That if I could fix everything wrong with me
Not as bold as I'd hoped
It would never be enough
Would it be different
If I fell at your feet
And begged to you, please
Please don't leave me?
If everything that happens
Is from now on
Would it be so wrong?
Even if it's a lie?
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6. |
Eurycide
02:52
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Darling, are you worried about me?
You should be
You should be
Darling, when I met you
Everyone else stopped existing
There's no saving anything
There's no saving anything
And I can't breathe
Without you breathing next to me
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Anyone's Ghost Manchester, UK
Anyone’s Ghost is the solo project of Manchester based musician Wanda Roslyn. Writing about old poems and cold days, Wanda can often be found playing these songs in dreary North West bars and rainy city streets.
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