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Hungry Ghosts

by Khoral

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1.
Hungry Ghosts 03:08
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Here’s for the drama queen Whose hungry eyes and failed schemes Whose bloated ego and vain grin Lost on the road where dreams begin The very moment things go wrong You’re left fighting on your own There’s no use to try and second-guess Where all chances evaporate Who’s to hear and who’s to blame Broken wheels, dusty tracks Hearts pounding, starless nights When you’re on your own Wash the leavings off your bones No-one knows you’ve gone The very moment things go wrong No-one knows, no one… I know my head is in the past The years slide down out of sight They say the road fades to the west The face of ego is the face of death It all stops in a silent blast One mouth swallows the empty sky Cities adrift in the desert Static falling down radio towers Dreaming, no way out Hungry ghosts, false hopes Ash lands and barren roads When you’re on your own Wash the leavings off your bones No-one knows you’ve gone The very moment things go wrong No-one knows, no one…
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John Fisher and the 1000 Ghost Monkeys 02:43
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Johnny’s got a ghost Johnny’s got a monkey Working for the man Working for Johnny He’s working in the factory where Johnny won’t work And he’s hurting in the places where Johnny won’t hurt And he’s mourning for the things that Johnny’s forgotten Day after day One thousand ghosts Hide in my soul Johnny’s got a ghost Johnny’s got a monkey He’s breathing copper, lead and antimony Bismuth, selenide, lead and antimony He’s working for the man He’s working for Johnny In Tacoma hope to begin to be Bismuth, selenide, lead and antimony He’s singing all the songs that Johnny can’t sing And he’s speaking all the lies that Johnny can’t speak And he’s breathing in the air that Johnny won’t breathe And he’s fighting in the wars that Johnny won’t fight And he’s dying in the places where Johnny won’t die And he’s crying for the loss that Johnny can’t face One thousand ghosts Hide in my soul
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The Hollow Lands 03:33
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Well boy we are the Hollow Men Living in the Hollow Lands We are the Hollow Men Living in the Hollow Lands When Death moves, all the people run and pray We count the years, and walk the way There’s no future, no making plans It’s living in the Hollow Lands I found trouble everywhere I go It’s hard times here and there’s no coming home If you wanna travel you’d better be strong The road is your burden and there’s no coming home Living in the nowhere land Living in the cactus land They lean together, the Hollow Men There’s no escape from Hollow Lands Well boy we are such empty men Living and dying in empty lands Yeah we are the Hollow Men Living in the Hollow Lands When Death moves, you got nowhere to go Just count the years, and say no more This road is a void and there’s no control We count the years and say no more
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Endgame 04:32
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I saw the burning taste of pride, the days that can’t be found I saw men struck by light recoil into the dark It’s the nothingness I saw, the fading of things from summer to fall I’ve been swallowing my pain, the bitterness and rage Mourning for the soul All along the road in sadness they recline And nurse the wounds of these trying times Shadows cloud my eyes, my veins they turn to ice And I’m sorry for the things they cannot hide There’s this terrible feeling, like somebody just died When strangers call my name, they say, don’t hurt in vain I hear these strangers call my name, voices lost in the rain Here’s for keeping hope, here’s for friends of old Here’s for the dark night of the soul, here’s for epiphany and joy Bill says how long to learn you don’t want what you want How long to learn you cannot want what you want Across the river of pain, across the Land of the Dead There’s no luminous Heaven, there’s no darkened Hell Whatever you crave, pray you never get
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Wing Bones 02:42
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When you walked out all the stars went down And you found such a long long time had passed In the dead frozen town While you were down all of the things you feared They grew up and they stopped believing in you We’re going Going Gone   When you walked out and you found the truth It was like something beautiful was lost And your childhood spoiled While you were down all of the things you loved They grew up and they stopped believing in you
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Days of Constant Sorrow 05:18
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I’m a man of constant sorrow I lost myself in the city far too long On the concrete field mournful Where the dead people struggle For fame, fortune, glory I’ve been dragging a worried mind I’ve been burning my bridges down This road leaves no trace And no concern And no more lessons to learn Those men who hide behind names Hollow mouths that can’t be fed And it’s ashes to ashes, dust to dust And nothing more And I wave my hand smiling
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The Flood Song 02:56
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Let it rain Let it come down Let it rain Let it come down Let it cut through the ground Where we hide in our shelters Let the waters sink in Let the thunder burn down If it must be rain If all is said and done Let it rain Let it come down When you’re a kid, everything is certain When you’re a kid, it all counts for nothing Then things start to tumble in all directions You find yourself crippled by indecision Such strangers we are from the cradle to the grave Such strangers we are from the cradle to the grave Such strangers we are from the cradle to the grave Strangers we are to ourselves Let it rain Let it come down Let it rain Let it come down
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Life on the Outside 04:38
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Get off the road Leave the crowd It’s life on the outside The world is empty tonight Life, life is outside Don’t let the Hollow Men Bring you down There’s life on the outside Dark summer play Seek and hide It’s life on the outside The letters you sent Never came The sound of your voice Fades away The scented death Of glory days Life, life won’t ever find us Here, on the outside The world turns, turns away And of all the works done in vain The joy and the sorrow under the sun All of your life’s obsessions The empty streets of fortune and fame The glittering dirt washed by the rain The tangle of ropes that keep us together The dark night of the soul That last forever The frozen smiles on every picture All of the words ever said The sweet flower girls that never stay The orchid smell of decay We are the misfits We’re the ones Who swallow the seconds as they come The ghost riders and the dusty trail We are the misfits We’re the ones Who swallow the seconds as they come Who live life on the outside
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Snowfall 02:40
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Winter comes To nurse this heart Beating too slow I grieve for the day Yet the wounds do not show Rain turns to snow Fall the starry roads The tears shed in vain The ghost of yesterday Lying on the plain The world is gray The pale moon rests The stars fade away But in the distance I think I saw your face We hurt again But the wounds do not show The pain will go Fall the starry roads The tears shed in vain Grieve for the heart The ghost of yesterday
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Dark Mind 04:07
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Growing up, falling down Lost in sorrow, lost in time Lord, I have a dark mind Some will laugh, some will cry I’m standing on the outside Lord, I have a dark mind Dark mind, dark mind There’s no pretense, no telling lies Lord, I have a dark mind Travel on this battleground Flickering lights in my eyes Lord, I have a dark mind Some will live, some will die I’m standing on the outside Lord, I have a dark mind Dark mind, dark mind There’s no pretense, no telling lies Lord, I have a dark mind

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released March 1, 2014

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