Page 175 of Goodbye Note
i wish i could burn it now
instead, i burned it into flesh
to Remember forever
Another track called Familiar Ghosts led in. Arik had been using ghosts as a theme since he made us those shirts. He had a handful of ghost tattoos, all carrying different things. The fans joked about him collecting all the objects that haunt him because of it.
Familiar Ghosts
bullets for a former lover in the shape of off- handed things.
i’ve taken so many to the chest
bled out of fucks.
these days i can’t remember what I’m fighting for.
And he’d say:
put those stars back in your eyes
“look at me Like you once did”
“how i used to admire your mouth full of poetry
but now it’s just cheap shots fired.”
i remember When you used to put those lips to better use, baby.
hold me to those words i never said
places we never went
words scream louder than Actions
and i’d rather not be another notch in Your belt
a distant memory in a life lived without me
and Still i mourn our white picket mess
the chances we didn’t take
times never been on my side
but i still wish You were mine
wishing On a star won’t get you far
every touch had me fucked
we were a museum at night
beautiful and haunted
silent and locked up
a secret not spoken about
