This Vacant Life

from Strange Burial Rituals by Crooked Ghost

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The debut album from Crooked Ghost. Strange Burial Rituals available on limited edition CD. 9 dreamy tracks of haunted bliss. Beautiful hand-made packaging, no two are the same. We have very few of these left, so get them while you can. Support DIY queer art!

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lyrics

this vacant life
leave everything behind
wandering blind
day blurs into night

these vines and thorns
my body they adorn
cutting through to bone
you cut so close to home

I'm so bored
I'm so adored
but I stand ignored
I can't afford
this vacant life

the shame you place on me
my lack of spine and apathy
the knives you twist in deep
your secrets I won't keep

I'm so bored
I'm so adored
but I stand ignored
I can't afford
this vacant life

I'm so bored

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from Strange Burial Rituals, released March 3, 2017
Ray Clark: Voices, guitars, keyboards. Chris Saldin: Bass. Jon Wyatt: Drums. Produced by Edward Madill. Mastered by Blair Menace. 2017 Crooked Ghost Records

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