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Cost of Being Captive

by Your Friend, Ghost

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1.
Gravity 04:00
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Iʼm stuck holding down What we might lose Call it gravity Or is it something inside What can we find out Looking for the clues And We can call this our mystery Happiness or misery Settle down Each time it rains we restart the fire You want to head for high ground But I just want you to know Even as Iʼm dying Youʼre my only desire And I bleed out just to show you Smile kindly But your crying inside And we lie close finding comfort in stare For our hearts like our heads have been made And Iʼm surprised at the sacrifice youʼve made But things just canʼt stay this way anymore Struggle, coming from all sides Hustle, to make it your house Foreʼ it is snowing, and we cannot drive Gotta be something to keep this thing alive Meddle, change what we do not like Paddle, when its dark at night Peddle, gave you the rose with the thorns Settle down Settle down for me baby Each time it rains we restart the fire You want to head for high ground, I donʼt blame you And I just want you to know Even as I'm dying You're my only desire And I bleed out just to show you, show you Settle down Settle down for me baby Each time it rains we restart the fire You want to head for high ground And I just want you to know Even as I'm dying That you're all that's required
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Stray 04:12
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I want to take us to a better place But lately just want to be comatose You say if we stay we can play it safe But you donʼt want to stay just afraid of change you just want to love but you fear the pain Donʼt care for sun, just afraid of rain Now I canʼt see no more Its got awfully dark since we started this drive But where the light shine there always be shade Been staring for hours but shit seems the same Wish we could talk more and not feel ashamed Wasting our time still got choices to make But weʼre still playing this g9me And I just want you close, so close Donʼt stray too far away from the trees Or the streets will take you on a little journey Weʼre young and weʼe diseased Be long before we learn that time is temporary Itʼs cold so wonʼt you change the degrees We stay lighting fires like it's February Now Iʼm pleading, begging please But youʼre so mean its almost like itʼs legendary Like itʼs legendary, like itʼs legendary, itʼs almost like itʼs legendary And I donʼt wanna leave no, there's so many people Donʼt wanna deceive, just to receive no Rather just breathe smoke Wind through the trees blow Just like the seas flow Is there really true evil God I gotta know, thereʼs a lot of folks Gotta keep um all warm, itʼs about to snow yeah Itʼs hard to accept that the summers gone Said Iʼd be back here when Iʼm grown Stumble in through the back door but at least Iʼm home Itʼs not safe where Iʼve been, not sure where Iʼve gone I just donʼt want you to roam Donʼt stray too far if you're gonna go without me I bet youʼre leaving tonight, can see it in your eyes Donʼt stray too far if youʼre gonna go without me Wish I could catch up to you, but I canʼt even try now Like itʼs legendary, like itʼs legendary, itʼs almost like itʼs legendary Donʼt stray too far away from the trees Or the streets will take you on a little journey Weʼre young and weʼre diseased Be long before we learn that time is temporary Itʼs cold so wonʼt you change the degrees We stay lighting fires like it's February Now Iʼm pleading, begging please But youʼre so mean its almost like itʼs legendary Like itʼs legendary, like itʼs legendary, itʼs almost like itʼs legendary
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Gaze 03:20
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Wish I got to know you every time you seem to run away Hold onto your ghost now itʼs the only part of you thatʼll stay hide in the clouds sometimes I can still feel your gaze And I donʼt even believe in god so why am I praying, ye9h why do I pray? Yeah Iʼm so far gone Feels like Iʼve been here for too long And I wish you had won But now youʼre just the words of this song And the memories I try to hold onto I fight against myself 9s they dissipate You burnt up in smoke Just couldnʼt watch you disintegrate As you leave I feel the parts of you in my soul As I breathe I feel you pull keeping me whole Left me lost in the world I canʼt seem to find my way What's left to hold onto Just the ash left from the flames Wish I got to know you every time you seem to run away Hold onto your ghost now itʼs the only part of you thatʼll stay hide in the clouds sometimes I can still feel your gaze And I donʼt even believe in god so why am I praying, yeah why do I pray? So why do I pray? So why do I pray? I donʼt even believe in god Sometimes I still can feel your gaze And I donʼt even believe in god So why am I praying why do I pray?
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Glass House 05:49
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Oh that faint glow And that awful sound Iʼm awake again amnʼt I now And I know that you wonʼt be coming around And if you did, wonder if I can see you through all these clouds And I wonʼt forget the time considered misused Or the pain from the fall like jumping without a parachute And I know itʼs probably my fault I didn't know what else to do How do you choose between losing you and losing you And itʼs hard living in this glass house Especially when youʼre on the outside dancing in the dark And Iʼll never forget The night we fell in love under the stars Trying to hide Your mind from your heart so you thought You could hide And I wouldn't be there just as lost, lost, lost, lost Iʼm afraid to talk cuz itʼs hard to choose The words to describe the truth Iʼm alright Is that enough of a lie for you Or do you need more proof That pain fades over time And scars are just lessons that ensue Like the pills they never helped at night And Iʼd still fall asleep to thoughts of you like I always do And itʼs hard living in this glass house Especially when youʼre on the outside dancing in the dark And Iʼll never forget The night we fell in love under the stars Trying to hide Your mind from your heart so you thought You could hide And I wouldn't be there just as lost, lost, lost, lost And itʼs hard living in this glass house Especially when youʼre on the outside dancing in the dark And Iʼll never forget The night we fell in love under the stars Trying to hide Your mind from your heart so you thought You could hide And I wouldn't be there just as lost, lost, lost, lost And I wouldn't be there just as lost, lost, lost, lost And itʼs hard living in this glass house especially when you're on the outside you're on the outside, dancing, dancing in the dark
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Both Sides 03:54
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Took three hours this morning and both sides of a coin Hard time convincing myself to keep going keep going Despite what I say Youʼre on my mind most of the day So I wait for the night To be alone But what when you come at the darkest of times to Trick me with your smiles trick me with your smiles And thoughts of a life that We can never have but Iʼll Stay awhile, yeah Iʼll stay awhile when I have to go Iʼll fight for anything more than a lie But in the end Always open my eyes I donʼt know if I believe in good anymore Never, say never Seem to do whatʼs right By your side And I donʼt think I know myself well enough When I color in the pictures I tend to ignore the lines Oh But But what when you come at the darkest of times to Trick me with your smiles trick me with your smiles And thoughts of a life that We can never have but Iʼll Stay awhile, yeah Iʼll stay awhile when I have to go Iʼll fight for anything more than a lie But in the end Always open my eyes I hope I find you hidden amongst the bright lights And youʼre just where you dreamed you be When you get there youʼll know it I know it, I know Oh and when you get there I hope you think of me Oh but Oh but But what when you come at the darkest of times to Trick me with your smiles trick me with your smiles And thoughts of a life that We can never have but Iʼll Stay awhile, yeah Iʼll stay awhile when I have to go Iʼll fight for anything more than a lie But in the end Always open my eyes
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3 A.M. 03:09
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Itʼs hard to know you want me to leave When youʼre the only one I want to see And I try to let you heal But sometimes I feel like the disease But when I hear your voice it feels just like the beginning Like the times I knew you best when you closed your eyes And If I fall asleep I can hear you singing But itʼs never to me no itʼs just some other guy When Iʼm awake you know it feels like Iʼm dreaming And sometimes I swear that I can tell what youʼre thinking So Iʼll try to leave on a boat slowly sinking And Iʼm sorry if it takes a little time These days more often than not I have to stop myself from writing you Just to take the time away from you Like I wanted you to want me to And these blurred eyes got me questioning lines That you drew in the sand time after time And Iʼm too busy here being worried about myself Canʼt even see that youʼre doing fine And itʼs three in the morning and thereʼs no one to tell me that thereʼs more to life and that thereʼs things worth remembering and your hand in mine was the only time I was healthy but I couldn't see it, I was to busy forgetting And 9ll those places we went when you were there with me even though we never left the bed I know I couldn't get back there if I tried And all I have are things that were left unsaid But when I hear your voice it feels just like the beginning Like the times I knew you best when you closed your eyes And If I fall asleep I can hear you singing But itʼs never to me no itʼs just some other guy When Iʼm awake you know it feels like Iʼm dreaming And sometimes I swear that I can tell what youʼre thinking So Iʼll try to leave on a boat slowly sinking And Iʼm sorry if it takes a little time

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Your Friend, Ghost's debut album "Cost of Being Captive" attempts to examine the toll of ones relationships to what they value most. To be captivated by something is a unique gift, but as all things in life are fleeting, the pain of loss is inevitable, regardless of the object of attachment. The way we define passion, pain, and loss are subjective to each individual. Yet, the emotions we feel in response are universal. Your Friend, Ghost explores how even the oldest experiences of love and loss can continue to impact every aspect of the way we live our lives and perceive the world. Told backwards, Cost of Being Captive is just as much a tale of misery and stagnation as it is of and hope and growth; an explanation for a new companion.

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released June 29, 2019

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