I Was a Ghost

For one week of my life I was a Ghost
A shimmer in the winter sun
That came to haunt the blue-white coast
And there, for seven days
Tried not to fade away
Despite the part of me that wanted it the most

Oh in the cold light of the morning
A hollow aching where my body lay before
I caught the sun, but couldn't feel it warm me
That's when I knew I'd be a ghost forever more
A ghost forever more, oh

The nights they were the darkest ever seen
I lost the will to anything
I couldn't sleep I could not dream
And oh, for seven days
In that fearful mirror-maze
It was impossible to tell just what was real

Oh in the cold light of the morning
A hollow aching where my body lay before
I caught the sun, but couldn't feel it warm me
That's when I knew I'd be a ghost forever more
A ghost forever more, oh
A ghost forever more, oh

And just before the dawn
I came to find reflection in the sea
Where finally I saw
Yeah, really it was you who'd haunted me
And I felt every wave, heaving out and in
Remind my lungs just how to breathe again

So in the early hours of the morning
I felt warmth as I lay there on the shore
And with the day a new hope forming
I wouldn't have to be a ghost forever more
A ghost forever more, ooh
A ghost forever more, ooh