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Hard in the Heart

From The Ghost Who Calls Himself Friend · July 2023

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7inch · album · July 2023

The Ghost Who Calls Himself Friend

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  1. 1SorryJames Ford drums, vocal harmonies · John Gobel vocal harmonies4:21
    Lyrics
    you say you’re my brother, then with no warning, leaving no cover
    your chatter goes cold
    
    we can be friends, look over the shoulder, make our amends
    and never grow old
    
    or you could be cooler, carry a grudge, look for a ruler
    and never let go
    
    my best friend’s disaster, over the edge, we burned all the laughter
    and silenced my soul
    
    I’m just a little bit sorry
    just a little bit sorry we couldn’t bend
    
    we don’t judge each other, never the less, we sometimes recover
    fear from our past
    
    so let it blow over, come clean the sheets, cut all the clover,
    and let the fields rest
    
    we could commit to closer commission, change where we stand,
    and settle out trust
    
    cause, i’d like to be friends, awake from the laughter, open for flight
    above the world’s rust
    
    I’m just a little bit sorry
    just a little bit sorry we couldn’t bend
    
    don’t stop talking, you look dead inside
    you ask for nothing, but you’re not satisfied
    we worked together, for the fall
    no you’re always looking for that Alibi
    
    I’m just a little bit sorry
    just a little bit sorry we couldn’t bend
    
    
    just a little bit
    just a little bit
    just a little bit

    You say you're my brother, then the chatter goes cold: a friendship burned down and only a little bit apologised for.

  2. 2Hard in the HeartJames Ford drums3:34
    Lyrics
    I'm feeling hard in the heart
    like things been losing their spark
    maybe we're coming apart
    we knew this right from the start
    
    no thirst for recompense
    more pain than common sense
    more claims than evidence

    Things losing their spark; more claims than evidence.

  3. 3JealousyJames Ford drums3:04
    Lyrics
    whispers in the wind
    judging every friend
    breaking every code
    
    jealousy…
    
    siphons from the strong
    promises what's wrong
    it slickens every road
    
    tracing every gaze
    building every cage
    trapping in its maze
    
    stabs you in the back
    casts you out to sea
    jealousy…

    Whispers in the wind, judging every friend: a portrait of the thing itself.

  4. 4Over and OverAbe Holderman drums · John Gobel bass, vocal harmonies · Steve Ellingson keys · Joe Trump percussion3:12
    Lyrics
    season's begging rest
    my hope begins to fade
    selling fast what's left
    my demon has been raised
    
    now winter colder
    this summer's fitness phased
    winding signs scream breaks
    but i spilt over the barricade
    
    somethings deserve another chance
    somethings aren't chance
    somethings somethings won't live against the past
    some things won't pass
    alive and well
    
    easy waking, pinch
    my foot against the floor
    willing partners progress
    until it's locked down, i guess
    yesterdays never a compliment
    so don't count on it
    this nights power's diposed
    so i don't care
    what i fear

    Some things deserve another chance.

  5. 5Fine EmotionAbe Holderman drums, vocal harmonies · John Gobel bass, vocal harmonies · Steve Ellingson keys · Joe Trump percussion3:27
    Lyrics
    She won’t offer a lip to bite across this bloody apostrophe
    Hides her tail’s retreat beside her broken jaw family
    Surprised her friend’s attention ghost don’t seem to leave
    Writes her song upon approach for my potential touch receive
    
    
    hell is this fine emotion
    help isn’t on its way
    infected with blind devotion
    think you caught the leak to save the boat
    but still it sinks beneath the waves
    
    
    Float the breach like a flag and drown the peace between
    Sink the full parade of proud to kill your self esteem
    Crippled smiles announced this lyric lost its rhyme
    She watched my back until events and allies told her it was time
    
    this bold emotion chokes I hope will subside
    my open motive jokes; “bitch it’s here to reside”

    Hell is this fine emotion, help isn't on its way.

  6. 6Carry OnJames Ford drums2:58
    Lyrics
    Keep you in the past
    Don't settle on those plains
    Couldn't catch the rest
    So suckle on the pain
    no
    Carry on instead
    Catch and drink the rain
    
    Smooth away the past
    Take it from the nest
    Cry behind your chest
    Sing along the west
    
    Run across the sky
    Live before you die

    Catch and drink the rain. Live before you die.

  7. 7Last CallJames Ford drums1:45

    The closer, under two minutes. No lyric sheet.

About this record

7inch's 2023 album, written, produced and mixed by Sky Cooper, with James Ford and Abe Holderman on drums, John Gobel on bass and harmonies, Steve Ellingson on keys and Joe Trump on percussion.

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Released 2023-07-07

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