Ghost (Rewritten 2006)

Ghost

I’m hovering over your head tonight
watching you crying in the fading twilight.
Sitting in a pile of flowers by my grave,
praying for a soul you never could save.
You’re holding in your hands a faded note,
reading over and over the words that I wrote.
Can you feel my own tears falling down?
they’re soaking every lover in this town.

Pre-Chorus
I’m reading over your shoulder
lines you hoped never to see.
A broken message that only grows older,
baby, just forget me.

Chorus
You’re chasing a ghost,
nothing but a ghost.
Searching in the most
unfortunate places
Still hoping to find traces
of what we were.

You’ve gone too long with no sleep,
what is this constant vigil you keep?
Are you hoping that it’s all a dream?
Are you really as desperate as you seem?
Is there no way to break the spell,
to help distract you from your hell?
Don’t you know I’m here with you
waiting for you to give in too.

Pre-Chorus
I’m reading over your shoulder
lines you hoped never to see.
A broken message that only grows older,
baby, just forget me.

Chorus
You’re chasing a ghost,
nothing but a ghost.
Searching in the most
unfortunate places
Still hoping to find traces
of what we were.

Far away,
I’m so far away now.
Heaven is nothing next to you
But I’ll get by somehow.
The wind blows me away,
I guess I’m here to stay.

Chorus
You’re chasing a ghost,
nothing but a ghost.
Searching in the most
unfortunate places
Still hoping to find traces
of what we were.