Chasing Down a Ghost

Chasin' down a ghost

Up and down the coast

In and out of hallways

It's always the same

We missed them by an inch

We're slightly off our mark

We stare into the void and listen for a voice

'Cause all my life

I don't know

Honey, how to let it go

How to learn to stand with what I am

And what I cannot control

'Cause you can tighten up your rope

But you'd be chasin' down a ghost

And it's not enough to kill you but it'll get you pretty close

Hanggin' by a string

Waiting in the wings

The show is nearly over

I'm still here

Listenin' for my name

The call that never came

Now they're pullin' up the lights

And pushin' me aside

'Cause all my life

I don't know how

Honey, how to let it go

How to learn to stand with what I am

And what I cannot control

'Cause you can tighten up your rope

But you'd be chasin' down a ghost

And it's not enough to kill you but it'll get you pretty close

Or it'll get you in your sleep

And every secret that you keep locked in your mind

Could come alive

Mmm-mmm

And so I'm chasin' down a ghost

But I never get too close

In and out of hallways

We're always at odds

With how we missed him by an inch

And we're slightly off our mark

Don't it seem a little strange

How it never seems to change?

'Cause all my life

I don't know

Honey, how to let it go

How to learn to stand with what I am

And what I cannot control

'Cause you can tighten up your rope

But you'd be chasin' down a ghost

And it's not enough to kill you but it'll get you pretty close

No it's not enough to kill you but it'll get you pretty close