Army of Ghosts

from Archer Hollow by Constant Reader

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The light's crawling quietly across the cold carpet
It's passed through the double-panes windows and blinds
It's moving so slow like a small, ghostly army
Approaching my bed in perfect parade lines

And I don't know the age of the old rock of ages
'Cause I don't ask no questions of heavenly hosts
But when the shadows move in and the leaves turn like pages
It's just like a slow marching army of ghosts

And the static-y speakers on this old record player
Are sharing some secrets I don't wanna know
And it's funny how static on old televisions
And crystalized rainfall, we call 'em both snow

And I don't know the age of the old rock of ages
'Cause I don't ask no questions of heavenly hosts
But when the shadows move in and the leaves turn like pages
It's just like a slow marching army of ghosts

Milk leaks from the bottle and drips to the counter
And flows across the kitchen in a pasty white flood
It's like an invisible army is passing
And dragging their wounded and dripping their blood

And I don't know the age of the old rock of ages
'Cause I don't ask no questions of heavenly hosts
But when the shadows move in and the leaves turn like pages
It's just like a slow marching army of ghosts

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from Archer Hollow, released November 5, 2013
Words and music by Anthony Bowman

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Constant Reader makes sad goth folk music in Midwestern bedrooms.

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