Ballad of a Ghost

from Ballads of Marble Town by The Sunmoth

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lyrics

you didnt ask for my name, you just took it,
i don´t want no ticket,
´cause i ain´t gonna ride on your train

i don´t wanna talk to you on the fone,
i ain´t never gonna call this place my home,
and i sure as hell don´t wanna see you in my room

i´m just sitting here thinking, contemplating,
waiting for the end of your world
sitting here thinking, smoking and drinking,
waiting for the end of your world

i really hate what you do, and i know you do, too
there´s nothing in the world you could do to make me follow you
´cause i really hate what you, and i can see that you do, too

so don´t you try to tell me everything is just fine
´cause i can the darkness crawling up your spine,
and the demon smile you now see, well it ain´t mine

and i know, you can hear me talking from way down below,
i know, you can hear me singing from way down below
and you may see my footprints in the melting snow
but you´re just wearing a mask - and i´m a ghost

who´s just sitting here thinking, contemplating,
watching the end of your world
just sitting here thinking, smoking and drinking,
watching the end of your world

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from Ballads of Marble Town, released October 26, 2014

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The Sunmoth Giessen, Germany

The Nymph only could repeat, the Beloved were transfixed on their reflection. Quite tragic really - quite funny, too.
Krautrock, Americana - who cares: all of it is music.

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