I put the ring box back
in the top drawer slow
You were sleeping by the fan
with your hand on the cloth of your coat
Old love new house
same cold spoon in the sink
And I swear I still taste her name
when I don't let myself think
I built this life with both hands
took every turn I chose
But some roads stay in the body
like a thorn under old skin
Still love the ghost of you
(ghost of you)
Still love the ghost of you
(ghost of you)
My heart got married twice
and lost both ways
Your hair by the window light
your laugh in the hall at night
Now we speak in careful tones
like we might break the last good light
She was first to cut me deep
and you were first to stay
Now I carry two slow aches
where one good promise used to stay
I don't blame the hands of time
I don't blame your eyes
I just know some unfinished flames
keep burning under a quiet life
Still love the ghost of you
(ghost of you)
Still love the ghost of you
(ghost of you)
My heart got married twice
and lost both ways
If you ask I will tell the truth
I was never clean enough
I held one love in a holy place
then let the other one bruise
And now I stand in the middle
of the life we made
With a name I wear like weather
and a wound that won't behave
Still love the ghost of you
(ghost of you)
Still love the ghost of you
(ghost of you)
My heart got married twice
and lost both ways
So I kiss the dark goodbye
and I let it be
A man can live in a full house
and still be half a memory