Album: Human Again (2011)
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  • This aching reflection on lost romance is the first single from New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson's fifth studio album, Human Again. "I'm a ghost, haunting these halls," she sings. "Climbing up walls that I never knew were there." The song was released on November 15, 2011.
  • The song is one of several dark tracks on Human Again, a surprise to those who think of Michaelson as a writer of cutesy love ditties. "The album is called 'Human Again' because it's taken me a very long time to be happy," explained Michaelson. "The music on this album might surprise some people. I was really singing out, physically; I was writing about a really dark time in my life."

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