I'm a Ghost of Twilight

Awake to the cracking of bones, to the scratch in my throat

Awake to every boy and girl, every heart that feels a swell

It's all so lovely when you look at it just right

It's also stabbing me to sleep, needles long into the night

Suspended eventide can only mean one thing

I'm a ghost of twilight

Haunting neither night nor day

With one foot treading sweet rapture

And one foot in the grave

Asleep to the creaks and the groans, to the sounds of their sex

Asleep to all the promises, all the blessed days ahead

I want so much to keep this precious thing from harm

Then there's a part of me that wants to hold it lifeless in my arms

'Cause I got this chill in my bones

And a warmth on my face

A warmth on my face

I'm a ghost of twilight

Haunting neither night nor day

With one foot treading sweet rapture

And one foot in the grave

Desperate for resolve

They're closer every day

The ghosts of twilight call

So now I'm joining them

I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening

I drank and danced all night with doubt

And found her a virgin in the morning

'Cause I got this chill in my bones

And a warmth on my face

A warmth on my face

I'm a ghost of twilight

Haunting neither night nor day

With one foot treading sweet rapture

And one foot in the grave

One foot in the grave