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Give Up The Ghost

by Ashley Lennon Thomas

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1.
More Bones (free) 03:23
I heard the news on the radio I saw the pictures, the memorial Outside the world, on and on it goes And who you were, they will never know They will never know And soon the moss comes to take the place Covers the stone, takes away your name The chiseled words, they will fade away Outside the world, it remains the same Remains the same I never knew you but I’m staring at your bones We spend our lives choosing what we show And what we hide, just to have control But in the end, we will never know Who’s walking by, stepping on our bones They’re just stepping stones I never knew you but I’m staring at your bones
2.
Lights Out 02:28
Footsteps and turnaround roads I have a feeling I don’t know where to go Missteps and now you’re on your own It seems appealing until you really know Could it be the water? Some catastrophic timing? Mechanical illusion? A concrete alibi? Will it be a knockdown, drag-out Sunday night performance? Some microscopic illness, Or quiet in the night? Lights out and bats are in the yard I have a feeling I don’t know where we are It seems familiar inside my little heart But its deceiving Cause I know we’ve come this far Could it be the pavement, A local primetime story? Like my cousin Cory, The same old tragedy ? Maybe on an airplane, a ski jump, a Disney rollercoaster? I guess Ill make the most of whats here in front of me
3.
Funeral flowers So tall, so white Cut from the ground like you’re cut from my life The organ is playing So sad and strong For a small moment we all get along In our small way as we try to move on Cold, silent sound Fresh fallen ground Funeral flowers, A standing spray What’s the whole point if they just rot away Faith and atonement, Guilt and fear I can’t understand it through all my tears I can’t understand that you aren’t here Cold, silent sound Fresh fallen ground Funeral flowers, A standing spray What’s the whole point if they just rot away What’s the whole point if we just rot away
4.
Losing You 03:08
Your body is of flesh and bone and highways full of blood Your body is of stardust once and will become of mud I hold your hand, I hold it tight, I follow every line I revel in each changing curve that comes about in time Oh I hope There is a soul And a meeting place Losing you As a whole Is more than I can take Your body is of flesh, bone, and highways full of blood Your body is of stardust once and will become of mud Your body is a vehicle of sound, touch, and sight But all the wisdom in the world could not contain your light Oh I hope There is a soul And a meeting place Losing you As a whole Is more than I can take Like when Mary held Jesus, I know you don’t believe it But I saw it
5.
Milkman 03:11
When the milkman comes He will make me pure Take the weakness from my bones and all the aching and the moans Make it disappear Bringing liquid life Like a mother to a child I will bathe in floods of albino blood I will float and smile Waiting all the while He’ll be coming soon By the evening hour I have dreamt of all the places he has left and all the faces When the milk went sour Cool as hidden earth Craving nothing first Let it soak my skin, let it sink on in Make me clean and strong, Waiting all night long When the milkman comes….. And when he arrives! Horses tall and bright! And the final straw is a quick hand draw In the dimming light With a milky smile When the milkman comes…….

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This is Ashley's confrontation with death, and conversely, life, in all of it's dreamy, mysterious and heartbreaking splendor. Recorded in 5 days with her father and brother, as a way to deal with a death in the family, this EP weaves different interpretations of death with musical styles that will leave leave you happy to be alive.

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released March 25, 2009

Ashley Lennon Thomas
John 'JT' Thomas
Reverend John Thomas

with guest appearances by Paris Patt & Lynn Coulter

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