Ghost of a Lie
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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There’s an old house with a blue heart
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A TV lights up the choking dark
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And in a white room an old man sighs
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His friends a lamp and the ghost of a lie
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[Verse 2]
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Once in a cold March my childhood friend
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Took my hand and dragged me to the driveway’s end
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Where in the front yard, a dog would creep
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The light in the darkness was his bared teeth
[Chorus]
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Find my bones in the bottles of the oak tree
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My old ghosts never fail to catch up to me
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Little sister, thief of peace
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Let the crows of war cease their battle cries
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And let these memories die
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[Verse 3]
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In a war-torn, damaged mind
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The young man that he was never took flight
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And I could see it in his broken eyes
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As he gazed from the window of his room of white
[Chorus]
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Find my bones in the bottles of the oak tree
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My old ghosts never fail to catch up to me
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Little sister, thief of peace
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Let the crows of war cease their battle cries
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And let these memories die
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[Verse 4]
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In the heart of a bitter hound
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There is an endless howl that never sounds
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So lay a kind hand upon his back
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For what is one lone wolf without a pack?
[Chorus]
Bm D F#m E
Find my bones in the bottles of the oak tree
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My old ghosts never fail to catch up to me
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Little sister, thief of peace
F#m E G
Let the crows of war cease their battle cries
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And let these memories die
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And let these memories die
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