Name: Grabbing a Ghost
Duration: P00H02M34S
Description: This song explores the depths of anxiety that can creep up at night... "it's like grabbing a ghost!"

Grabbing a Ghost

by Laura Kelsey

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This song explores the depths of anxiety that can creep up at night... "it's like grabbing a ghost!"

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the night brings frustration
every time
the moon speaks softly
to the wine

echoes of failure
in the room
the lover’s hand
does nothing to soothe

but you know there’s always something next to me
it’s like when the sun goes down it bares its teeth

I lost my patience
years ago
left hand-in-hand
with the way I moved

the space created
filled and
dark water seeped in
the holes in the sand

now there’s always nothing when I need it most
reaching out for human touch and grabbing a ghost

weaving through each thought
fingers trembling on the knots
of sleep and dreams
I finally see what’s been haunting me

but you know there’s always something next to me
it’s like when the sun goes down it bares its teeth

weaving through each thought
fingers trembling on the knots
of sleep and dreams
I finally saw what’s been haunting me

the panic settling in
pulling the corners in again
just sleep, just dream
how can we fight what I cannot see?

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released March 4, 2022
Song written by Laura Kelsey
Produced by Winston Hauschild
Instrumentation by Winston Hauschild

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