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A Ghost Inside

by Henry Bateman

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On the roof above Hyde Park Peering at her weather glass Prim and proud with purposeful air Plots her graph so unaware That she's misread the signs We thought she was being kind She's come and joined our side And hung us out to dry Hangs her head, she knows it's true She just wants to be close to you But she's misread the signs We thought she was being kind She's come and joined our side And hung us out to dry She's come and joined our side And hung us out No I'm not ready for this moment Well I'm not prepared to die for you You have left us in the open with nowhere to hide There's nowhere to hide Now she's stood upon the ledge Before we can choose revenge
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I'm driving round again Don't see the lights turn red I'm going way too fast You're always in my head And now I've stalled the car I can't keep it together When I come home to you You make me feel so strange Oh yeah you're deep inside And I can't pull away Oh God I want to run But in your arms I remember (You've something over me) Oh you're under my skin (Something over me) Hear you rule from within (Something over me) Your call has got so loud I can't drown you out When I lift my head I set of your alarms You invade my body and I'm unarmed Wake up on the floor and cannot remember (Something over me) Oh you're under my skin (Something over me) Hear you rule from within (Something over me) Your call has got so loud (Something over me) Oh I hear you dictate (Something over me) Cause my every mistake (Something over me) Then you flood my brain with the doubt I can't drown you out On the outside I'm just cross On the inside I'm so lost I wish I had a way I could prove to the world what's really been going on And then everyone can see This pain inside of me Oh, oh (Something over me) (Something over me) (Something over me) Oh you're under my skin (Something over me) Hear you rule from within (Something over me) Your call has got so loud I can't drown you out
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Definition 04:10
Why do all these roads just lead to nowhere And all my dreams just turn to dust? I watch them empty out their pockets As this old bucket turns to rust Oh, Ooh, Ooh I wanna be the one that’s getting on I wanna be the one that’s getting on Oh, Ooh, Ooh, Why does definition never come? Will my definition ever come? Standing still is easy ’til you’ve had enough Like a statue in the park I watch them living out their daydreams Whilst mine remain inside my heart Ooh, Ooh I wanna be the one that’s getting on I wanna be the one that’s getting on Oh, Ooh, Ooh Why does definition never come? Will my definition ever come? It’s getting late, no time to waste But you’re running round in circles and not getting any closer Oh it’s such a shame, we’re all the same Caught up in the human race your body’s getting older Oh it’s getting late. no time to waste But you’re running round in circles and not getting any closer Oh it’s such a shame, we’re all the same Caught up in the human race your body’s getting older Oh it’s getting late. no time to waste But you’re running round in circles and not getting any closer Oh it’s such a shame, we’re all the same Caught up in the human race your body’s getting older Oh it’s getting late. no time to waste But you’re running round in circles and not getting any closer Oh it’s such a shame, we’re all the same Caught up in the human race your body’s getting older Ooh, Ooh I wanna be the one that’s getting on I wanna be the one that’s getting on Oh, Ooh, Ooh Why does definition never come? Will my definition ever come?
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In My Blood 04:04
I’m in the bunker Whilst heavy hunter Light up a snakeskin sky She’s at the window Watching the disco Learning we all have to die (In my blood) The Gods are waking up (In my blood) Turning my house to dust (In my blood) Watching my life erupt (In my blood, in my blood) That’s where the damp gets in (In my blood) That’s where the end begins He made the H-bomb Created sit-com Now hear him curl with pain Falling forwards He’s breathing awkward Help him find a vein (In my blood) The Gods are waking up (In my blood) Turning my house to dust (In my blood) Watching my life erupt (In my blood, in my blood) That’s where the damp gets in (In my blood) That’s where the end begins They seek The scent of his last breath We must never comprehend Comprehend Oh (In my blood) The Gods are waking us (In my blood) Commanding that we’re crushed (In my blood) You can taste the rust That’s in my blood In my blood (In my blood) There’s something more than us (In my blood) Turning my house to dust (In my blood) Watching my life erupt That’s where the plans have been Go tell your next of kin
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Her laughter's singing through my bones Our love could fill the air We go down to the riverbed Then I tell her my loudest prayer She just stands unflinching Like I've just turned to dust I watch her spirit twisting As illusion starts to rust The illusion starts to rust You are a ghost inside You are the coldest star The reason I hide The reason I hide She stuffs me in her pocket I'm tame if I'm kept down She throws me in the riverbed Then she leaves me without a sound How she leaves without a sound Oh you are a ghost inside Oh you are the coldest star The reason I hide The reason I hide Truth is hard to face But someone's in your place You would never watch me fall I though I loved you I'm not sure that I do I'm not sure I know you at all (I don't know) (I don't know) (I don't know) (I don't know) (Don't know you) (Don't know you) (I don't know you) Oh you are a ghost inside Oh you are the coldest star The reason I hide The reason I hide
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I am an honest man My invitation's pure My conversation is secure Your words are innocent So when you catch my eye Why do you leave me petrified ? Oh It seems so strange How the words of love deceive Who am I to say what they mean? Two thousand years ago Men wrote a book of love They had intentions of their own The hands of history Are pushing words downstream Meanings corrode like flesh and bone Oh It seems so strange How the words of love deceive Who am I to say what they mean? Words casting out a spell Making me question myself Making me wish I was someone else You make me ooh It seems so strange How the words of love deceive Who am I to say what they mean? I cannot say what they mean I cannot say If that's what you mean Well I must not say Well I will not say I cannot say When it's what you mean Well I will not say
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released September 11, 2021

All songs by Henry Bateman except 'Seinfeld Street' (Henry Bateman & Diederick Brandsma) and 'Definition' (Henry Bateman & Caitlin Stubbs).
Produced by Henry Bateman
Mixed and Mastered by Tim Goddard

Henry Bateman - vocals, guitars, additional synths and mandolins
Chris Camm - piano
Hannah Lamb - vocals
Hamish Wilkinson - drums
Frazer Kerslake - bass

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Henry Bateman England, UK

Henry Bateman is a songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist from Gloucestershire, currently based in Leeds.


"Not so much a breath of fresh air - more a full force musical gale that
lifts you to places you didn't know existed. A very extraordinarily gifted
young man; one of the coming musical generation's front-runners in the
making" - John Drummond (Promoter for Brewery Blues, Cirencester)
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