Afraid Of Ghosts (2015)












Afraid Of Ghosts lyrics - Butch Walker

well there’s a man
who dips his feet in holy water
and so he throws the rest of his body in
says it’ll take more than wading
to keep the memories fading
I’m at least up to my neck in sin

he said I’m coming to terms with a ghost
learning to deal
I’m gonna take what scares me the most
and turn it into something real

I try to go to the hospice every Friday
Sit in traffic, thicker than blood
Try to know a man that I never really knew
And swim away from a forty year flood

and I’m coming to terms with a ghost
learning to deal
I’m gonna take just what scares me the most
and turn it into something real

Sometimes she takes a little longer getting ready
to pretend there's someone to show
did she ever find love
or did this town have enough
I kinda bet, she’ll never let you know
but i can tell from the caked on powdered makeup
covering wrinkles from smoking away tears
she wants it either way
and I want so bad to say
love yourself for once my dear
she said...

I bet she’s coming to terms with a ghost
learning to deal
gonna take just what scares her the most
turn it into something real

I Love You lyrics - Butch Walker

It was a different time
I had others to make up my mind
That and nothing ever seems as kind
As you saying hi
And I still can see your home

I know we walked that line
Of when we stopped being friends
And you became mine
We said until our lives would ever end
I can still see your grin
A ray through the dirt in the hole

No one ever warned me
How hard it is to do
Lie myself through lovers
Cheat my way through school
Nothing ever will be quite as true
Like the way that I love you
I love you

Ohh I know I take things hard
But ohhh this was all that I was living for
Nothing ever will be quite as true
As the way that I love you

I'm staring at my feet
Inside the concrete they poured
On our street
My name just under yours
And I feel fine
Although I'm not fine
When are you coming home

If I could do it over
Before your time was through
I’d take back every lie I spoke
And the hell I put you through
Nothing ever will be quite as true
Like the way that I love you
I love you

Chrissie Hynde lyrics - Butch Walker

Look at you standing there
high as hell, on the roof
wind blowing hair into your mouth
and no shoes on your toes
Look at me sitting here
grin all on my face
That time will soon erase
When they tell me time to go

All I got right now
Is all I want
Chrissie Hynde singing through
a blown dash speaker
About Ohio
all she wants right now
is to be the way it was
the same as when you and me were one

Maybe 10 years or so
I’ll make a better road
find who you really know
behind these bloody eyes
and you’ll be the queen of this town
maybe meet another fool
send kids off to school
too late for me to try but…

All I got right now
Is all I want
Chrissie Hynde singing through
a blown dash speaker
About Ohio
all she wants right now
is to be the way it was
the same as when you and me were one

Still Drunk lyrics - Butch Walker

“It's my way or the subway..”, the taxi driver said
But I had a king's hangover the size of an elephant’s head
“...so you can either spend your 30 bucks
Or be here left for dead..”
The light turned red

I hadn't seen her face since the Internet became a thing
I used to write her dirty letters
Sometimes she'd write back to me
We had sex on a brick wall of the public library
For all to see
...in 93

And I'm not still drunk
I can say it with a straight face
That I still find love
On a TV in a dark place
And I know it'll come
That feeling back to me
But until it does forgetting you is only a memory

Well she's drinking less and smoking more
Looks good for her age
But I can tell there’s been some sad times
From the hard lines on her face
And just the way she said “I’ll get the check”
I could tell she wasn’t used to that…..

And I'm not still drunk
I can say it with a straight face
That I still find love
In a black room with a briefcase
And I know it'll come
That feeling back to me
But until it does forgetting you is only a memory

And I fall victim to these serpentines
Their writhing bodies break my knees
I let them do just what they please
With me, it’s hard to fight
I swear upon my daddy’s grave
I can get it right

I still drive up and down the coast and people watch
Every now and again
See the backs of couple’s heads as they face the water
For the love they just fell in
Or the love one just fell out of
Brother I know where you’ve been
Where have I been?

Cuz I’m still drunk
But I can say it with a straight face
That I still find love
Even with these lines on my face
And I know it'll come
That feeling back to me
But until it does forgetting you is only a memory
Is only a memory
Only a memory

How Are Things, Love? lyrics - Butch Walker

1,2,3,4

When you walked into living room
And your eyes were living proof
You've done all you could
And you were finally sick of me
And there was nothing I could be
To make you feel good

As you take off from your nest
I thought I could love you best
Before you go

How are things, love?
Since something stole our love
Did you ever feel the sting love
Is it any of the above, love
I hope you're well

There's a picture of us with our kid
In my wallet that I keep hid
So I don't have to explain
There's a little pill next to that
That I take in case I have
To do so... Oh oh....

I will pick him up by 2
I know there's a lot you gotta do
Before he goes....

How are things, love?
Is the new guy everything love
Does it feel like you're in chains love
Is it all of the above, love
I hope you're well

And of all the weight on my chest
One thing I never did best
Was love you

How are things, love?
Did you get rid of the ring love?
Do you ever think of me love
I do all the above, love
I hope you're well...

Bed On Fire lyrics - Butch Walker

And oh, you've got a lot of nerve
Making me want you so bad
You never make this easier
So hard to have

And you know you never will know this
But you are already my kill
So baby, fire at will

Gonna take you down, over my knees
Make that sound, make you seize
Untie your hair, let it fall
Like morning rain
Bed on fire, love in flames
A hundred times
Make you say my name
Lay in shock with me til the darkness ends
Then do it again

You walk right by me every day
And you leave me for dead
A puddle of my sweat you're standing in
Water of my sin

And you know you never will know this
But you are already my kill
So baby, fire at will

Gonna take you down, over my knees
Make that sound, make you seize
Untie your hair, let it fall
Like morning rain
Bed on fire, love in flames
A hundred times, make you say my name
Lay in shock with me til the darkness ends
And I'll do it again

Gonna take you down, over my knees
Make that sound, make you seize
Untie your hair, let it fall
Like morning rain
Bed on fire, a love in flames
A hundred times, make you say my name
Lay in shock with me til the darkness ends
And I'll do it again

21+ lyrics - Butch Walker

Well, I married the short girl at a spring break ball
Been looking at the ceiling on the floor of my car
She got me a job taking memories to the trash
21 and over, yeah, it happens real fast

Well, we had our first baby, and I spent my last dime
Trying to grow a lot of clothes and keep them growing at a time
Sitting after my shift
The drinks are free, but I'm not

I'll tell you what I will be, if I ever grow up
I'm gonna get out of town that drowns everything I love
Come hell or high water, gunna leave here when I'm sober
I don't want to be 21 and over

I spent the harder half of a life, trying to see where I went wrong
Get lost in the word of my own song
But life is too short, who would long to be

I'll tell you what I will be, if I ever grow up
I'm gonna get out of town that drowns everything I love
Come hell or high water, gunna leave here when I'm sober
I don't want to be 21 and over

Autumn Leaves lyrics - Butch Walker

Well I was never good at picking what to wear, for somebody else
This dress will go good with her hair
At least I think in this light
From the lamp beside this couch
With half the bulbs burnt out
I'm starting to know how that feels

Autumn leaves
Come back to you
Autumn leaves
You feelin blue
But when autumn leaves
Her love for me won't

Well the cancer got her good this time around
18 hours left before they put her in the ground
Was this the hand of god
That they talk about in church
If it is then it won't hurt
Only believers will know

Autumn leaves
Come back to you
Autumn leaves
You feelin blue
But when autumn leaves
Her love for me won't

There's a cold front that's headed for the town
This one will be rough
Some killers never make a sound....
They just walk up, take a knife to you and yours
Leave a message on my door
When I return to normal you’ll know

Autumn leaves
Come back to you
Autumn leaves
You feelin blue
Autumn leaves
What can I do
When autumn leaves
Her love for me won't

Father's Day lyrics - Butch Walker

The 15th of June
Came tumbling through the door
Your bedroom smelled like your cologne
I was laying on the floor
A thief in the middle of the night
If the night came to stay
I feel the walls go rumbling
Like the sound of your name

So here I am
All bittersweet and dirty feet
Runnin as fast as they can
Where do I go
Without you
Heaven only knows

Girls out on the corner
Smoking cigarettes
Ashes in the breeze blowing in their hair
Like something else to forget
Follow them down with your eyes
Til the covers slide off your face
I got this lack of motivation
Moving me all over the place

Here I am
All bittersweet and dirty feet
Runnin as fast as they can
Where do I go
Without you
Heaven only knows

Sunday morning, Father's Day
The first without my dad
As I look into my little boy's eyes
It takes all I have
Not to break down right in front of him when he smiles at me
You don't become a man
Until you lose your dad, you see

The Dark lyrics - Butch Walker

My favorite bike
Doesn't have a name
I'm just riding
I'm not running away
Heat from the engine
Diggin in my thighs
Into the dark
With my father at my side

My mirror is broken
I don't wanna look back
Just fell off
Didn't even crack
Pacific coast highway
Light on high
Into the dark
With my father at my side

Left hand on the clutch
Foot kicks it up
Give it all to my right hand
Gears grind and pop
Ain't running from nothing
Nothing on my mind
Into the black
With my father at my side

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