Songs: Ohia - Ghost Tropic
Lightning Risked It All
still no guides
it’s not a generous world
it is a separate world
the bad luck taste of the dark
the broad luck of blood on the water
I can see it will be red, the choice if it is a choice
it’s too hard to tell (x3)
lightning standing drained and like us deeply risked it all
and like us, deeply risked it all (x3)
The Body Burned Away
death as it shook you
you gave it a fool’s look
you said I am an empty page to you
give me your hand give me you blood
don’t misunderstand
I once had all the words
I forgot all the words
held the binding lightning (x2)
began to burn away
we began to burn away
held the binding the lightning( x2)
began to burn away(x2)
the body burns away (x6)
No Limits On The Words
put no limits on the words
simply to live, that is my plan (x2)
in a city that breaks us
I will say nothing (x4)
I can tell that the shadow likes you still
like the memory, my heart keeps remembering
that simply to live that was my plan (x2)
and I will say nothing (x4)
Ghost Tropic (1)
instrumental
The Ocean’s Nerves
this place is trouble waiting
the light hangs so weakly on to the quiet
drag myself in a long line
in a long line (x2)
in a lonely line
and i jealously want the ocean’s deep nerve
i am a red flame hanging low to be close to it
hanging low to be close to you
NOT Just A Ghost’s Heart
after all this work she’s still built to sail
the curve of the whole coast her curve’s the whole coast
how she could read the map showing only the sea
only empty houses (empty houses)
are we still able, at night to watch
with human heart’s at all (x2)
how she could read the map showing only the bells (x2)
she’s still able, at night to watch
with a human heart (x2)
not just a ghost’s heart (x4)
Ghost Tropic (2)
instrumental
Incantation
the sound of our feet against the road
it spreads through the night (x2)
and the city’s ending
speak to me if we’re near the bottom
work it out with me (x2)
caution, like the moon, hangs on the tracks
blood and the lightning hangs on the tracks and
it spreads through the night (x2)
to where the city’s ending
an absent star
worked it out with me (x2)
spreads through the night (x2)