Anthony Oscar - Ghosts of Civil Wars Lyrics

Standing outside in the cigarette heat
Trying to find myself a place to sleep
So in the morning I can finally meet you downtown

Royal is a lonesome street
Full of watery memories
And you say you've got a ghost for me to track down

But I don't know if I can do this anymore
Digging up the haunts of your civil wars

Something you don't want to see
Creates a better side of me
But I know you're not one to repeat dangers

Please tell me what you believe
Empty what's filling up your sleeves
We don't have time to play as if we're strangers

Now I'm asking what I'm doing all this for
Covering the lies of your civil wars

Just help me - fill up my flask
I've done everything now that you've asked
I just need a drink to help me through this

I've filtered fragments of the past
And found those sounds were bound to last
I guess we're not the first to try to do this

At least I'm not hearing voices anymore
Leaving what I've found of your civil wars