The initial tracks for this song were recorded in the late summer and fall of 2010. Additional recording was added in November 2011.
lyrics
LYRICS:
Here we're hand in hand
just tracing 'round the ghosts
to see them off.
Wave goodbye, then laugh
our newly sacred selves
to sleep alone, together-
Yes- alone!
We lie, ear to ear,
just listening for the other's
difference in breathing
The next twelve-hundred days
take place in dreams
until we wake up, not alone.
No- not alone.
They came into our home-
they wanted yours;
they wanted mine;
they wanted ghosts.
In our home.
They were savage for yours;
they were savage for mine;
they were savage for ghosts.
They speak eloquently,
using words like "Solitary",
never "Sleep".
You grasp both my hands
and breathe with me, in my ears,
but darling, I was gone.
Now I can't sleep.
They came into our home-
they'll want yours;
they'll want mine;
they'll want ghosts.
In our home.
Oh, so eloquent...
I was a sucker for them.
They'll speak eloquently,
using words like "Solitary",
never "Sleep".
You grasp both my hands
and breathe with me, in my ears,
but darling, I was gone.
credits
from Solitary Never Sleeps (single) (2011),
track released November 29, 2011
Barth T. Wooster - Lead Vocals, Piano, Harmonium, Backing Vocals
Mortimer Skarsgaard - Guitar, Bass, Orchestral Arrangements, Harmony & Backing Vocals.
Alisander Borealis - Cajon, Drums, Shakers, Other Percussion
Produced by Make Phantoms
Recorded and Mixed by Mark Strong at Moonlit Sound Studios - Richmond, Virginia
Mastered by Steve Turnidge at Ars Divina/UltraViolet Studios - Seattle, Washington
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