Old Ghosts from Headspace by Stratospheerius

Old Ghosts: Recently, I was visiting my family in Cleveland, where I grew up, and found myself hanging out at a bar around the corner from my parent’s house. My friend and I were sitting there having a beer, and out of the corner of my, eye I saw a girl in the back of the room. We had known her since 7th grade, and I realized that every time I came back to visit my family, I had seen her there in that same corner, like a permanent fixture in the place. We didn’t speak to her because she looked like she didn’t want to be bothered. She just sat there lost in her own world, like the dead people the little boy would see in “The Sixth Sense.” The song is a metaphor for people who stay in the same place, never move on, and can always be found in the same corner of the same bar in your hometown. You may have known them intimately at some point in your life, or at least have been friends or acquaintances, but they have faded out over the years like an old song you half remember, until they’re just extras in the background of your scene. I saw the words “Old Ghosts” on the back of a t-shirt once, and thought it fit the description perfectly.
-Joe Deninzon

Tracklist

2.	Old Ghosts	4:24

Lyrics

Old Ghosts
(Music and Lyrics by Joe Deninzon) ©2006 Fiddlefunk Music/BMI All Rights Reserved

So I went back to where I grew up and I saw familiar places
And the faces of the people who once touched my life somehow
And they all looked just the same and they hung out at the same place
But when we spoke I felt as though they just don't know me now

Cause they're just old ghosts passing through my life
They're just old ghosts silently float by
They're just old ghosts strumming that same tune
They're just old ghosts howling at the moon
Old Ghosts

I suddenly felt so alone and thoughts flashed through my head
All the people that once felt so close were now as good as dead
And in a distant time and place old memories remain
But now I realize my life would never be the same

Cause they're just old ghosts old friends disappear
They're just old ghosts vanish through the years
They're just old ghosts never to come back
They're just old ghosts stab you in the back

With every door we close we die another death
Life is full of one-night stands that vanish with a breath
That vanish with a breath

And I wonder how they see me same old guy they always laughed with
Same old face they always trusted but a different face inside
Maybe they think they've moved on while the world and I have stood still
Are they really that naive to think they're owners of this ride

Cause they're just old ghosts restless and unsure
They're just old ghosts trying to find a cure
They're just old ghosts wandering without aim
They're just old ghosts changing to stay the same

Credits

from Headspace, track released March 2, 2007
Joe Deninzon-lead vocals/electric violin
Mack Price-guitar
Bob Bowen-bass
Lucianna Padmore-drums
Benny Koonyevsky-percussion

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