Ghosts That We Knew

Album: Babel (2012)
Charted: 88
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  • You saw my pain, washed out in the rain
    Broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins
    But you saw no fault no cracks in my heart
    And you knelt beside my hope torn apart
    But the ghosts that we knew will flicker from you
    And we'll live a long life
    So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
    'Cause oh that gave me such a fright
    But I will hold as long as you like
    Just promise me we'll be alright

    So lead me back
    Turn south from that place
    And close my eyes from my recent disgrace
    'Cause you know my call
    We'll share my all
    Now children come and they will hear me roar
    So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
    'Cause oh that gave me such a fright
    But I will hold as long as you like
    Just promise me we'll be alright

    But hold me still bury my heart on the cold
    And hold me still bury my heart on the cold

    So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
    'Cause oh that gave me such a fright
    But I will hold on as long as you like
    Just promise me that we'll be alright

    But the ghosts that we knew made us blackened or blue
    But we'll live a long life

    And the ghosts that we knew will flicker from view
    And we'll live a long life Writer/s: Benjamin Walter David Lovett, Edward James Milton Dwane, Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford, Winston Aubrey Aladar Marshall
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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