Ghosts

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Shhh she said as we walked into the room.
The ghosts will see us if we talk.
At First I didn't see them, just their shadows on the floor.
Our shadows gone, their shadows here.

Mother's voice in my head, I won't step on a crack.
Cries in the doorways and broken window-panes.
I can smell her the mix of flowers and the faint smell of milk on her breath.

If I stand still she'd turn around with the question 'why' in her face. I wouldn't do it to her again.

Our Ghosts trail us, but we try to ignore them
Our ghosts visit and I kiss her to show I don't care
Our ghosts walking through us everyday, making sure we don't forget.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

When she wakes up each morning I breathe a sigh of relief.
I'd put her socks on if she'd ask me to, just to have her remember it when she steps in a puddle later.
Mother's voice in my head, I won't step on a crack.
She's the only one I'd ever get close enough to let break my heart.

Our Ghosts ride our train, try to make us feel their pain
Our Ghosts shake hands, conspiring to torment us again.
Our Ghosts, walking through us everyday, making sure we don't forget.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

If there is something I can do to keep them from getting to you, I'd do it.
If there is something I can do, I'd wait one thousand years, if I had to. i'd do it.
If there was something I could do, but they know they already won.
Goodbye,goodbye,goodbye

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from Jemibook, released February 14, 2009

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Jemibook came to be one day late in 2006 when Jem realized that it's easier to pick up a toy ukulele at a wal-mart and make your own band then wait around for people's schedules to work out together.

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