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Arms Around a Ghost

by Nathan Reich

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1.
I see it here in the way the leaves are moving A hurricane will be coming Though I dont know how soon I close the window and try To get some sleep 'til the morning While the clouds outside are forming Will I ever feel prepared? Somewhere in Colorado I am drowning in a bottle I see the sun but I know it don't see me Somewhere in Colorado I am drowning in a bottle I see my home but I know it don't see me A thousand miles could I make it any farther I dont want to be a martyr Is there something I could trade? There was a time when I thought that we were something Now we're a little more than nothing Can you blame me for my fears? Somewhere in Colorado I am drowning in a bottle I see the sun but I know it don't see me Somewhere in Colorado I am drowning in a bottle I see my home but I know it don't see me Somewhere in Colorado I am drowning in a bottle I see the sun but I know it don't see me A thousand miles from the edge of California I see my home but I know it don't see me
2.
The sound of lightning is rattling the house I hear the radio skip I feel your heavy breathe burning on my neck What will you think of next? You tell me your homesick and hopeless again I watch the ceiling blink And I think I'm paralyzed lying in this bed I hope I didn't push you away I don't want to lose you But you need a reason to stay And I couldn't find one today I couldn't find one today She climbs out the window and jumps off the roof Landing on the grass I knew a girl like you was never meant to last Still I tried my best to ask I hope I didn't push you away I don't want to lose you But you need a reason to stay And I couldn't find one today I couldn't find one today
3.
Parking Lot 04:05
I remember sleeping in the parking lot A fortress of shopping carts and a trash bag bed It was the night your father tore out all the stars They laid pulsing in his hands and all across the floor This is what you get when you don’t listen to anything anybody says Your face always looked so calm sleeping below the bridge You told me I should leave but I stayed instead It was the night your mother went pacing back and forth I waited for your veins and the moon to run their course This is what you get when you don’t listen to anything anybody says You can’t see it because its all in your mind You’re leaving a little more each night You think your so alive but to me you look dead You don’t listen to what anybody says Now you are a castaway Always lost at sea Ill be waiting in the sand bar Until you drift back to me This is what you get when you don’t listen to anything anybody says
4.
Are you willing to be my pioneer To be taciturn is a garment I wear Are you willing to try to be my legionnaire I watch you on the bed through the bathroom mirror My love is a fugitive So we don't have to call this love My love is a broken bridge So you don't have to love me Are you willing to be my radio flier Can you carry the load with a missing tire Are we simple and numb Two winter birds on a wire I watch the falling snow freeze on the windows My love is a fugitive So we don't have to call this love My love is a broken bridge So you don't have to love me Your hands are pulling my shoulder blades And I don't feel anything
5.
Virginia 03:44
Those guardian taxis are all alone They keep on trying to follow me home It's late for the city but not for me I've been having some trouble falling asleep She is reading my palm with the tip of her finger While the room is swaying from side to side I pretend we are safe in the belly of a ship While the sails are at war with the wind outside Oh Virginia I didn't know you were selling your time Oh Virginia I've been paying with my peace of mind I was trying not to listen to the things you'd say But I was lonely enough to listen that day Now I'm stitching my skull with needle and thread While removing those splintering words you said Oh Virginia I didn't know you were selling your time Oh Virginia I've been paying with my peace of mind Let's go back brave enough to wonder Two little kinds in love with the sound of thunder I know you still want to I must be a fool for holding you After pulling apart my fragile spine Watching you sleep in the bow of my arms Is slowing beginning to break my heart
6.
Chicago 03:01
You have a pull in your belly and its time to move along The road is awake and its singing you a song I wish you wouldn’t leave but I know you have to go To Chicago Its the beginning of a season white lights in the tree’s A thousand little bulbs where their once were leaves When every bitter branch has curled up and froze I will visit you in Chicago If our father were here in the atmosphere would your direction change? Like a boat without a sail you could end up anywhere But you don’t have to be afraid I will visit you one day You have a pull in your chest and its time to move along The road is awake and its singing you a song I wish you wouldn’t leave but I know you have to go I will visit you in Chicago I will visit you in Chicago
7.
The sky isn't cheap But he bought it for you He harbored the rain in his sleeve and away you flew He thought he knew He thought he knew He thought he knew the size of you How did you get all the way up there Stupid him for waiting in the atmosphere He thought he knew He thought he knew He thought he knew the size of you But I do I do I do
8.
The Stage 03:34
I could tell you've been living in hell Take my hand I know my way around This here is my best I sleep under my desk And when I dream I dream I'm someone else Now I'm standing on a stage I play the part ok with my cold steady hands The crowd is watching my face I always make mistakes I'm sorry dear I've been afraid all my life and now it's clear It's time to turn off all the lights though I'm scared Can't you see? The show's been killing me But I can choose when I want to leave This is not what I wanted Hopelessly haunted by your face It's everywhere I turn I see you under the streetlights Holding onto the cold night And where you've been is no longer my concern And now the world is in a frame And I'm standing far away I can't help you anymore The letter never made it home I don't do so well alone To the ones I really love I'm sorry dear I've been afraid all my life and now it's clear It's time to turn off all the lights though I'm scared Can't you see? The show's been killing me But I can choose when I want to leave When I want to leave When I want to leave And I want to leave
9.
I pull out my magnifying glass I'm searching for treasure on a map If I wasn't as drunk as a kite Maybe I'd find some tonight I'm fishing for diamonds in the rain So I lower my string down the sewer main I try and I try but the story stays the same My dirty hands are filled with dirty change So I want to know I want to know where the sun goes Where the sun goes I want to go I want to go Where the sun goes Where the sun goes At midnight I feel like a fish banging my fin on the tank I'm just floating around praying for it to break It's cold in here when the light starts to fade And the only place to be is in the shade In the shade I want to know I want to know where the sun goes Where the sun goes I want to go I want to go where the sun goes Where the sun goes...

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released August 1, 2009

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Nathan Reich Nashville, Tennessee

"In addition to being a technically brilliant guitarist, Nathan's lyrics put you in a specific place and mindset - it usually has something to do with heartbreak, late nights, and waking up the next day in some new city." - Flavorpill

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