Chasing Ghosts

The Amity Affliction Chasing Ghosts Lyrics
1.Chasing Ghosts

Will they remember my name when I'm gone?
When they know what I did was so fucking wrong?
Put the steel to my wrist - lost the breath in my chest,
Just to forget all the wrongs I had left.
I took the exit, left my friends in the gutter;
Left my life right behind me - left myself, left it all.
Left myself, left it all, not a falter, not a stutter
Not a note, and now? There's nothing at all.

Are you at all haunted by memories past?
Are you ready to make this one breath your last?
Is your chest so heavy you're ready to leave?
Or are you just hoping that someone will grieve?

And now we roll on
I'm gone now, I don't remember much.
I just know that I would have been better off,
If I had stayed, spoken to a friend.
Let my heart keep on beating and not given it up, for the grave
for the grave!
There's no one there on the other side,
There's nothing more than what I had.
There's no ghost left to haunt you so you know I'm still here,
Just the end of my life, nothing left here at all.

There's no memories here,
Just the regrets of the dead,
Please don't follow my footsteps
Cherish all you have left.

Are you at all haunted by memories past?
Are you ready to make this one breath your last?
Is your chest so heavy you're ready to leave?
Or are you just hoping that someone will grieve?

There's no one there on the other side,
(There's no one there on the other side.)
There's nothing more than what I had.
There's no ghost left to haunt you.
There's no ghost.

There's no memories here,
Just the regrets of the dead,
Please don't follow in my footsteps
Cherish all you have left.
There's no memories here,
(Memories here.)
Just the regrets of the dead,
(Regrets of the dead.)
Please don't follow in my footsteps
(My footsteps.)
Cherish all you have left.
Are you at all haunted by memories past?
Are you ready to make this one breath your last?
Is your chest so heavy you're ready to leave?
Or are you just hoping that someone will grieve?
Are you at all haunted by memories past?
Are you ready to make this one breath your last?
Is your chest so heavy you're ready to leave?
Or are you just hoping that someone will grieve?


2.Life Underground

You speak my name and shudder
But I'm still here
I build a bridge here
Just to burn it
Just to light my faded path

So I could see what's down below me
Because how I yearn to see you laugh
Oh how I yearn to see you laugh

So selfish were my footsteps
And so foolish are they now
But there's not much I can do here
Now that I'm living underground

Speak now my precious whispers
Float softly through the breeze
Please float on by my loved ones
And let them know that I'm still here

You speak my name and shudder
But I'm still here
I built a bridge here just to burn it
Just to light my faded path

So I could see what's down below me
Because how I yearn to see you laugh
How I yearn to see you laugh

So selfish were my footsteps
And so foolish are they now
But there's not much I can do here
Now that I'm living underground

Speak now my precious whispers
Float softly through the breeze
Please float on by my loved ones
And let them know that I'm still here

And we sing woah oh woah
Our voices carry through the hills
Woah oh woah oh

The whole world is standing still
We're singing for the dead
For the lost and for the stolen
Our hearts beat double time

And oh they feel so broken
Oh how they feel so broken
Is this really what i wished for
When I felt my feet
Drag heavy on the earth

Is this really the answer I sought
When I was searching for self worth?
Go now precious whispers
Float my sorrow into the sea

Let the waves collapse above me
And wash away
My fucking memory


3.R.I.P. Bon

I was waiting for you man
right down there by the
sea where we used to meet
to share in our pain and decry misery
I waited I waited I waited I swear
but when I got down to the ocean man
you were not fucking there
I just wish that you spoke up
and held out your hand
because you know I was there man
you know that I cared
I waited for you
but you never came
no you never came
and now that you're gone
I feel I'm to blame yeah
I feel I'm to blame
I wanted to hear it
I wanted to know
I've been grieving so much
with each passing day
but I'm angry and hurt
and I hate you all the same
I just wish that you spoke up
and held out your hand
because you know I was there man
you know that I cared
I waited for you
but you never came
no you never came
and now that you're gone
I feel I'm to blame yeah
I feel I'm to blame
I know now you hated life
even more with each breath
I know now that you did not
have any fight left
To know you were grieving with each passing day
(I know you were grieving with each passing day)
and to know most of all you did not want to stay
(and I know most of all you did not want to stay)
and you know you were grieving with each passing day.
I waited for you
but you never came
no you never came
and now that you're gone
I feel I'm to blame yeah
I feel I'm to blame
did I never listen
did I never show
did I never show
'cause I wanted to hear
I wanted to hear It
I wanted to know


4.Open Letter

This is my open letter
This is something to remember
I won't be buried before my time
I'm not searching for forever
I've got my eyes open wide

I've been searching under rubble from the past
Just looking for a reason to make your life last
No need to look skyward for you to find hope
No need for redemption to be saved from the rope
Fuck no

I'm not searching the sky for a reason to live
'cause i found beauty right here and found the passion to give
So let me give you my heart
Let me give you my tears
Let me give you my life
Let me give you my fears

Just so you can hold on and sing while i do
Sing these words out so loud
Like i sing them for you
This is my open letter
Something to remember
we can still keep on fighting even though life is not forever
This is my open letter
Something to remember
This is open Letter
I'm not searching for forever


5.Greens Avenue

I'll never know what lead me down that path
What made me loose my grasp
(what made me loose my grasp)
But now i know the years have passed and i know in my heart
No matter where i am i won't follow that path

There are things that i've said, there are people i've hurt
there are moments i n time where i've bee down in the dirt
And i know that it's hard to let go of our pasts
But in each of us there is hope for fresh starts

So if i hurt you
If i let you down just remember we were close
We were down
I found life
I found this and it's all of you strength that got me through it

Just know that i know that you went through the same shit
even if you were to fucking proud to admit
So brothers in arms, let's march towards calm
Towards oceans and shorelines with open arms


6.I Heart H.C.

I know you feel like you're the only one
like you've had enough, like you should just give up
like you don't give a fuck
But let me tell you my friends when it ends it just ends
There's no afterlife you don't come back from death

So when you leave this earth
When your heart stops you'll see
There's no choir of angels,there's no gods to meet
You leave friends, you leave family
Leave lovers, leave home
Then you'll be on your own

So let me tell you my friends when it ends, it just ends
There's no afterlife you don't come back from death

Just know this my friend as you let go of hope
As you struggle with your life and grip tightly that rope
There is love to be found if you just open your heart
There is light to be found when you're lost in the dark
There are people who'll listen and people who care
An i know this my friend because i have too been there
There's no afterlife you don't come back from death


7.Flowerbomb

Well I know there's been times
When I wished I would die
But I swear, yeah I swear
Oh I swear I'm past that

And I'll swear if you will
That I will not look back
Yeah I swear if you will
That I will not look back

Take a deep breath now
Pass the shallows
Stay steady and hold on
Through the darkness we all know

And I swear yeah I swear
Oh I swear if you will
To hold onto life
Yeah I'll hold on if you will

So on to the ocean
And into the sea
So balanced and calm now
That's where I will be

So on to the ocean
And into the sea
Wash away all my problems
Wash away memories

Back then
Always through the shattered glass
I stared at my life
And oh I wished I would die

But I swear yeah I swear
Oh I swear I'm past that
Is this all what it seems
I cant believe that I made it

Take a deep breath now
Pass the shallows
Stay steady and hold on
Through the darkness we all know

And I swear yeah I swear
Oh I swear if you will
To hold onto life
Yeah I'll hold on if you will

So on to the ocean
And into the sea
So balanced and calm now
That's where I will be

So on to the ocean
And into the sea
Wash away all my problems
Wash away memories

Take a deep breath now
Pass the shallows
Stay steady and hold on
Through the darkness we all know

And I swear yeah I swear
Oh I swear if you will
To hold onto life
Yeah I'll hold on if you will

So on to the ocean
And into the sea
So balanced and calm now
That's where I will be

So on to the ocean
And into the sea
Wash away all my problems
Wash away memories


8.Pabst Blue Ribbon on Ice

Remember
Remember the times when we were younger
When we shed our tears many times close together
Remember, remember the days we left behind
And the words lost between us in the valleys of time
Remember my friend now remember my lover

When I told you that I'd never recover
And remember the cold stormy weather
And the promise I made I'd love you forever
I meant it I swear that I meant it forever

If my eyes are the oceans
That put your head in the clouds
Then your heart is the reason
I kept my feet on the ground

I've just watched the world tuning
Kept my head held up high
Kept my feet on the ground
Kept the hope in my eyes

I meant it, I swear that I meant it and I mean it
And after that time I will always repeat it
I love you I swear and I wont let you go
That's something that I really need you to know

Remember my friend now remember my lover
When I told you that I would never recover

If my eyes are the oceans
That put your head in the clouds
Then your heart is the reason
I kept my feet on the ground

I've just watched the world tuning
Kept my head held up high
Kept my feet on the ground
Kept the hope in my eyes

I love you I swear and I wont let you go
That's something that I really need you to know
I love you I swear and I wont let you go
That's something that I really need you to know

And then you embraced me with your entire being
And we were carried away of to a peaceful sea

If my eyes are the oceans
That put your head in the clouds
Then your heart is the reason
I kept my feet on the ground

I've just watched the world tuning
Kept my head held up high
Kept my feet on the ground
Kept the hope in my eyes


9.Geof Sux 666

I know you're sinking deeper
Every breath a straining gasp
And I know you're wishing please death
Just make this breath my last

But there's life out there for living
My friend we will not give in
Take these words and let the light in
We'll give you everything worth giving

I heard a story from a friend about you just last night
About you swinging by your neck in the softly fading light

Man you've gotta call
You've gotta write
You've gotta leave
Get back to all your friends
And all the places you should be

You're too lonesome man, I get it
I've been there once before

I know you're sinking deeper
Every breath a straining gasp
And I know you're wishing please death
Just make this breath my last

But there's life out there for living
My friend we will not give in
Take these words and let the light in
We'll give you everything worth giving

I've sailed the stormy seas
I've felt my heart rise in my throat
I've thought of leaving all my friends
And I've thought of letting go

But I found life left in these limbs
And found the strength to start again
I found my heart right in my hands
And found relief in all my friends
So don't give up
Don't give up

But I found life left in these limbs
And found the strength to start again
I found my heart right in my hands
And found relief in all my friends

I know you're sinking deeper
Every breath a straining gasp
And I know you're wishing please death
Just make this breath my last

But there's life out there for living
My friend we will not give in
Take these words and let the light in
We'll give you everything worth giving


10.Bondi St. Blues

I spent my time back then thinking of nothing but them,
the dead ends of my thoughts the last friends in my head:
and you heard me you heard me you heard me my friend,
sent the ship over seas to save me from death.
Through the storms I have weathered through the dark and the
rain,
you sent me the ship that i sail on today.
And the boat sails on like you sang in your song,
and my mind feels clearer several years on.

And the ship that was sailing on,
those storm ridden seas
was my heart and your words gave me heart back to me.

My mind was a turbine that fueled all the storms,
and those words were the courage in which calmness took form.
Through the storms I have weathered
through the dark and the rain,
you sent me the ship that I sail on today.

And the boat sails on like you sang in your song,
and my mind feels clearer several years on.
And the ship that was sailing on,
those storm ridden seas
was my heart and your words gave me heart back to me.

I've found life, found the strength in myself to grow up
I've found friends, and the strength and the want to live
And the ship that was sailing on,
those storm ridden seas
was my heart and your words gave me heart back to me.
Through the storms I have weathered
through the dark and the rain,

And the boat sails on like you sang in your song,

And the ship that was sailing on,
those storm ridden seas
was my heart and your words gave me heart back to me.


11.Too Legit To Quit

Feet don't fail me now
Take me to the finish line
Oh my heart, it breaks every step that I take
But I'm hoping at the gates,
They'll tell me that you're mine
Walking through the city streets
Is it by mistake or design?
I feel so alone on a Friday night
Can you make it feel like home, if I tell you you're mine
It's like I told you honey

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words
This is the last time
Cause you and I, we were born to die

Lost but now I am found
I can see but once I was blind
I was so confused as a little child
Tried to take what I could get
Scared that I couldn't find
All the answers honey

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words,
This is the last time
Cause you and I
We were born to die
We were born to die
We were born to die

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words
This is the last time
Cause You and I
We were born to die
We were born to die


12.Snicklefritz

I've spent my life down
In the depths of an enigmatic mind
Where the water turns to black
It's there alone I spend my time.
Try to see my own reflection
Try to divide
Myself in equal parts
For every heart I've left behind.

For every heart I've left behind

But my heart it isn't such
Such a lonely hunter
(Such a lonely hunter)
It's just trying to stay afloat
And keep from going under
(Keep from going under)
'cause the steps that I seem to take
(To take)
They just won't give me the time
(No time)
The time to pull myself together time to hit rewind

It's where the root of all my evil lies
Where it digs still ever deeper
Where you'll eventually find my heart
The heaviest of heavy sleepers
It's in the darkness and the guilt
And all the heartbreak blood I've spilt
It's there you'll find me hiding out
In the darkness sitting still

I'm sick so sick
Just sick and tired
Of trying to believe
In every lie
There are no hearts
Not even fucking mine

Just black tar pits
And empty eyes.

But my heart it isn't such
Such a lonely hunter
(Such a lonely hunter)
It's just trying to stay afloat
And keep from going under
(Keep from going under)
'cause the steps that I seem to take
(To take)
They just won't give me the time
(No time)
The time to pull myself together time to hit rewind

I've been searching,
For something,
Some semblance
Of myself
But I've
Left that behind,
Always searching
For myself and hoping
That I'll like what I find.

But my heart it isn't such
Such a lonely hunter
(Such a lonely hunter)
It's just trying to stay afloat
And keep from going under
(Keep from going under)
'cause the steps that I seem to take
(To take)
They just won't give me the time
(No time)
The time to pull myself together time to hit rewind

The time
To hit
Rewind


13.15 Pieces Of Flare

I saw the bridge today, I thought I had it burned
Made a stop to memories, I drowned out and had covered
Falling down into the river, where we're broken and destroyed
And understand I saw the coming of a past I'd left destroyed

I saw the ghost of everyday, of every year I have forgotten,
And the grief and the confusion
Of a world I'd soon discover
The ghost of myself, is still mourning all the lives I won't
discover,
Because I buried myself forever

I buried myself, and carved out new existence,
Where the memories were burned, and break all of my wishes,
And now I still pull down myself, and I'm trying to find the
bridge, and build the life
And build the life, the life I always wanted
Be no room, with much to give, open my eyes, and take the world,
and take a breath
In turgid water, where I've hidden away,
And I set my heart to slaughter
And the past I've left destroyed

I saw the ghost of everyday, of every year I have forgotten,
And the grief and the confusion
The ghost of myself, is still mourning all the lives I won't
discover,
Because I buried myself forever

Yeah!

My future, will not, be defined, by my past.
My future, our future.