A Ghost

Album: 10 Songs (2020)
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  • Line by line we drew it up
    Had our fill and threw it up
    Wrote the will and tore it up
    I can't even say why

    All my past is shoring up
    Beating on my door won't stop
    Couldn't lie so I made it up
    And I can't even say why
    I can't even say why

    And I wonder as I walk away
    Did I ever love it all the way
    Did I open up my heart and say it like I mean it
    From the end right to the start
    From seeing to believing

    Oh but I saw a ghost
    In the mirror coming near
    A little close for comfort tonight
    He said
    "It's easier to be alive
    Than hide under your pillow
    While your life is passing you by"

    One by one they carry us
    Break our hearts and marry us
    Dig us up then bury us
    I wish I could say why
    All my past is sure enough
    Beating on my door has stopped
    Couldn't lie so I make it up
    That I don't even know why
    I don't even know why

    And I wonder as I walk away
    Did I ever love it all the way
    Did I open up my heart and say it like I mean it
    From the end right to the start
    From seeing to believing

    Oh but I saw a ghost
    In the mirror coming near
    A little close for comfort tonight
    He said
    "It's easier to be alive
    Than hide under your pillow
    While your life is passing you by"
    So live your life
    Don't waste your time
    Oh live your life
    Don't waste your time

    I saw a ghost in the mirror coming nearer
    I saw a ghost in the mirror, in the mirror

    Ooh I saw a ghost
    In the mirror coming near
    A little close for comfort tonight
    Ooh he said it's easier to be alive
    Than hide under your pillow
    While your life is passing you by
    So live your life, ooh
    Oh, oh Writer/s: Francis Healy
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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