Leave My Bones

from The Anchor And The Wake by Gently, Not So Gently

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We're both ghosts now in every sense of the word, we're crying out but we make no sound.
And you're cold to the touch.
Both our hearts are still dead husks of our first loves.

In my dreams I've been staying out for drinks, with old friends who remember me without a care in the world.
Then I wake.
You're beside me, I'm still ageing.

In the Autumn of new leaves I have turned,
In the Winter of old bridges I have burned,
It doesn't matter who you are, just take the chest and leave my bones.
One road, I know.

(Down the stairs and along the hall, I watched your ghost pass through the wall.)

We take turns just to dig our heels in the dirt,
I've made plans to make peace with that.
But those chances have passed and I'm left feeling cheated by my choices.

So now home is a word you choose not to use and I've a list I could add to that.
But in the finest pretence I'm well dressed for our picture.. perfect.. ending.

Don't call this home (I could not wait for so long)
Don't call this home (I'll never wait for so long)

There is no good in me anymore.
THERE IS NO GOOD IN ME ANYMORE.

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from The Anchor And The Wake, released July 4, 2013
Words and Music by Adam Shirlow and Richard Gray.
Additional Vocals by Grace Leacock and Jason Gibson.
Percussion by Grace Leacock.
Recording and Production by Jason Gibson.

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Gently, Not So Gently Belfast, UK

Gently, Not So Gently are Adam Shirlow and Richard Gray, two voices and two guitars seeking to blur the lines between soft folk lullabies and angry punk anthems.

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