Cease to Begin by Band of Horses - Album Lyrics & Tracks

7 ContributorsIs There a Ghost Lyrics“Is There a Ghost,” written by frontman Ben Bridwell was the first single released from Cease to Begin.I could sleep, I could sleep

I could sleep, I could sleep

When I lived alone

Is there a ghost in my house?

 

I could sleep, I could sleep

I could sleep, I could sleep

When I lived alone

Is there a ghost in my house?

When I lived alone

Is there a ghost in my house?

My house

 

I could sleep, I could sleep

I could sleep, I could sleep

When I lived alone

Is there a ghost in my house?

When I lived alone

Is there a ghost in my house?

My house

 

I could sleep, I could sleep

I could sleep, I could sleep

When I lived alone

Is there a ghost in my house?

When I lived alone

Is there a ghost in my house?

My house

[Verse 1]

In the log book of the LRC, I

Well, I knew I'd find something

A hundred stories sitting there to read, I

I got my focals out, then I put 'em on

 

[Pre-Chorus]

And all is calm, all is calm

 

[Verse 2]

There's a doggy coming here to eat now

Which dated back to 1993

And I don't care what the people say 'cause

That dog, he don't come around anymore

 

[Pre-Chorus]

No, no, the dog is gone, the dog is gone

The dog is gone, the dog is gone

 

[Chorus]

The town is so small

How could anybody not

Look you in the eye

Or wave as you drive by

If the world is such a wonderful place?

If the world is such a wonderful

 

 

[Verse 3]

I see everyone before me

There was birthdays, sex and sleep

Some weren't getting along

Nobody's outside trying to murder

Nobody's outside, there's no one really at all

 

[Pre-Chorus]

What the hell I saw, the hell I saw

The hell I saw, the hell I saw

 

[Chorus]

The town so small

How could anybody not

Look me in the eye

Or wave as I drive by

If the world is such a wonderful place?

If the world is such a wonderful place

If the world is such a wonderful place

If the world is such a wonderful place

 

[Outro]

La-dee-da

La-da-dee-da-da

La-dee-da

La-da-dee-da-da

[Verse 1]

I'll marry my lover in a place to admire, I don't

Have to even ask her, I can look in her eyes and thank God

That I am forgiven, or thank all of my friends

To say I've been true, or they've forgotten

 

[Verse 2]

And weary my mind is to say the least, it's been

Awful hard to just stand on my feet, I think

I'll slow down if I am able, I won't drown

In the ocean or starve in my place at the table

 

[Chorus]

Lucky ones are we all 'til it is over

Everyone near and far

When you smile, the sun, it peeks through the clouds

Never die, for always be around and around and around

 

[Verse 3]

And how is your sister and what of your brother?

Extend hellos to your father and mother

What in the world would cause you any sorrow?

Lighten your load and see how I keeled the wheelbarrow I borrowed

 

[Chorus]

Lucky ones are we all 'til it is over

Everyone near and far

When you smile the sun, it peeks through the clouds

Never die, for always be around and around and around