The Keening, Phantom Limb, Haint

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The Keening (A Song for the Dead)

Your eyes softly close,
This box, this worn soul:
All for nothing.

What's the point when we turn to ash?
What have I done that I'll leave in the past?

We sleep, we wake up,
We never know just
What's for real, what's not there.
The keening fills the air.

I'm by your side day and night.
I won't forget, I won't forget.

How do I know you're there?

We start to slip away.
Who was first to say:
It's tragic, it's sickening,
The static, still it stings.

But the hurt is gone,
And I'm wandering on.
Oh, what's this?
Oh, what's this?

How do I know I'm still here?

Phantom Limb (Letting Go of Those You Love)

I can still feel you there, you there.
I can still feel you there, you there.
You are so scared, and yet, so free.
I can feel you, can you feel me?

Life. Death. Passion. Change.
Weight. Lead. Suffer. Chains.
Fame. Loss. Fortune. Blame.
Risk. Fault. Exhale. Pain.

Haint (The Clawing Hands of Demons)

You can't hide, you Haint, you got not soul.
You got a smile, but you aint, gonna take me home. Take me home.
You can't hide, you Haint, you got not soul.
You got a smile, but you aint, gonna take me home. Take me home.
No you aint gonna take me home, take me home.
No you aint gonna take me home, take me home.

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from These Gnarly Beasts, released April 23, 2010
Written and recorded by These Gnarly Beasts. Vocals by Matthew Campbell and Andrew Burgess.

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