For the Dead

from Bad Life by Old Man Charlie

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You can’t return time, you’ve already paid.
Now do you still love what you see?
Be cautious, dear, but don’t be afraid.
This place is a ghost around thee.

Forgive them you love, forget them you hate.
Forget all that you’ve chosen to be.
You and all children are doomed to a single fate.
This place is a ghost around thee.

Seek you through the garden. Find your body woven in bramble.
Say then, “I’m a mess of miracle, a mess of love. I’m a feast for the angels.”
All the dead were the young.
All the dead.

See then what scares and then breathe ‘til it calms.
There is no other way you can be.
With children come wars and with war come the bombs.
This place is a ghost around thee.

World without end, hallelujah, amen.
Do you still want it to be?
This should have been a ghost town, but look what you did.
This place is a ghost around thee.

World without end.

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from Bad Life, released November 6, 2012

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