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the ghost particles

by the ghost particles

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1.
I first saw you from afar Like a ship inside a jar I never thought I’d get you out Or find the key But now the years have passed What we never thought would last Holding onto something real Is still a mystery I fall down I get up And I try to fill my cup Sometimes I lose Sometimes I win for free I don’t know What you see Who I am Who I could be But here you are, here you are With a man like me And every time I look around At the dreams that hit the ground I have to wonder what they found But could not keep I don’t know why we still stand We walk along, I hold your hand, but What you never understand Can set you free I’m no hero In the sky But I’m always standing by Everybody needs somebody To believe I still don’t know who you see Who it is, who it could be But here you are, here you are With a man like me I could never leave it alone Never could let it be Until I felt it in my bones That you’d take a man like me We all settle for some things Even shooting the moon But you’re the one I always wanted I never settled for you I fall down I get up And I try to fill my cup Sometimes I lose Sometimes I win for free I don’t know What you see Who I am Who I could be But here you are, here you are With a man like me
2.
The days are long Well, that’s true And everything goes black Holding on to What we knew Until you come back There’s nothing in the zodiac To give us hope to pray We’re fighting for the things we love And we’re waiting for the day When you come back I’ll be right there beside you When you come back I’ll be right there, you’ll find me We’ll raise a glass and wave the flags We’ll have a backyard motorcade When you come back We’ll have a victory parade We hold these truths To be all wrong Or maybe They’re all right And everything is everything We just want to See the night When you come back I’ll be right there beside you When you come back I’ll be right there, you’ll find me Long time gone away But you don’t fade When you come back There’ll be a Victory parade When you come back I’ll be right there beside you When you come back I’ll be right there, you’ll find me I don’t know Who won or lost It’s all okay When you come back We’ll have a victory parade
3.
Fall Sway 03:57
It’s too late for tears When what I want is clear But what I want won’t do Until I can have you I should have walked away Tried to forget that day But I’m locked into a dream And there’s no place, that’s in between Every time you’re near I fall sway for you Fall sway Every time you’re here I fall sway for you Fall sway And I can’t help myself I can’t save myself How can I break on through? Make you see I’m the one for you? This feeling is a plague That I welcome every day I’ve never flown this high Just to fall out of the sky But I still live in flames Whenever I hear your name Every time you’re near I fall sway for you Fall sway Every time you’re here I fall sway for you Fall sway And I can’t help myself I can’t save myself And I can’t help myself I can’t save myself
4.
The Deal 04:03
I had a friend He was good He saw his end He understood I would have saved him If I could He made his stand Right where he stood, he said Here’s the deal Everything comes and goes Better take the wheel You don’t know what you don’t know Life is short Time’s a steal That’s the deal Some day soon, or Some day long It’s all the same It won’t be wrong Find a place where You belong Find some grace Hold on strong, ‘cause Here’s the deal Anything goes, it depends Life gets real We all want some love In the end Life is sweet When you feel That’s the deal It’s so clear Everything we need is here It’s so fine The world will leave us all behind And every claim And every lie Will follow you Bye and bye What you do and What you try That’s all we have The reason why Here’s the deal Everything comes and goes Better take the wheel You don’t know what you don’t know Life is short Time’s a steal Life is sweet When you feel That’s the deal That’s the deal
5.
What we did we did What we did is done We took it on the chin We took it on the run We gave it what we had We gave it what we could Sometimes you don’t get there Even when you should Even though I know you’re gone Even so I carry you along Even though We both were wrong I’m living on the memories It’s the way I turn back time When you were mine When you were mine Heavy hearts hold on Broken hearts remain You pick up every piece Glue them back again The world it turns you down The world steals what you make But you can stand your ground Even when you break Even though I know you’re gone Even so I carry you along Even though We both were wrong I’m living on the memories It’s the way I turn back time When you were mine When you were mine There were three things I wanted to tell you But I can only remember one They come to me when the lights go down But they’re gone with the morning sun What we had has flown Somewhere in the sky Somewhere in the wind And no one can say why We gave it what we had We gave it what we could Sometimes you can’t get there Even when you should Even though I know you’re gone Even so I carry you along Even though We both were wrong I’m living for the memories That was a different time I’m living with the memories The ones I still can find When you were mine When you were mine And I feel fine
6.
The hardest thing to find Moving through the night Walk in someone’s shoes Searching for some light Keeping faith believe That is the longest road To hold what you can’t see And never let it go Even in the darkest hour I know we will stand together I can see a blooming flower Rising from the ground High above this town Even in the darkest hour And how do we survive? A bad dream coming true? Never losing pride In everything you do Nothing is so sad As a broken man who crawls Hold your head up high There’s no shame if you fall Even in the darkest hour I know that we can stand the weather We can build a lasting tower Rising from the ground Shining on this town Even in the darkest hour And mercy knows no bounds If you still believe For those above the ground With nothing left to leave A saint in sinner’s clothes A soldier of the heart We’re travelers on this road No matter where you start Even in the darkest hour I know we will stand together Even in the darkest hour I know that we can stand the weather We can build a lasting tower Rising from the ground Shining on this town Even in the darkest hour
7.
All the love you wanted Keeps raining to the ground You can’t catch it in your hands When it’s already down The whole world is haunted Haunted by the sound Of people who are searching For the love they haven’t found As long as you believe Something stays alive As long as you believe There will come a time But when you’re feeling broken All broken up inside All the love you wanted Gets so hard to find All the joy you wanted Someone else’s life Every time you reached out Couldn’t ever reach that high A piece of you was missing You never knew why So close your eyes And see a brand new sky As long as you believe Something stays alive As long as you believe There will come a time When you’re feeling empty Only emptiness inside All the love you wanted Always seems to hide Now you take it on the highway Look for highway signs Give yourself away Never know what you might find Dream a little harder Open up your mind It’s standing in the doorway It’s waiting in your line It’s waiting in your line It’s waiting in your line
8.
Nothing lost Nothing gained But everything Stays the same What you want Can’t be named, but You can feel it in your fingers Hit the road Run it down Find someone Stand your ground Plant your flag Stick around Make sure This feeling lingers Close your eyes Look into the sun No surprise You aren’t The only one Well now What you say Here we are, it’s a Brand new day Nothing but Blue skies on the way Hey now Turn the page Welcome to this Brand new day And all the tears Of yesterday We’ll sweep away It’s a brand new day Some day soon We’ll be gone We’ll cross that bridge Won’t be long Now’s the time To carry on Now’s the time for rising Every day Every sound Find a way Look around Don’t let the hard times Bring you down There’s beauty On every horizon Close your eyes Look into the sun No surprise You aren’t The only one Well now What you say Here we are, it’s a Brand new day Nothing but Blue skies on the way Hey now Turn the page Welcome to this Brand new day And all the tears Of yesterday We’ll sweep away And all the fears Of yesterday We’ll blow away It’s a brand new day
9.
Bill he was a friend Never thought that it would end Right there from the start Toasting winter in the wind Racing down the streets Like two horses running free High up in the trees Watch the windin’ Mississippi Then the phone call came Then I heard your name Gone before your time Nothing’s ever quite the same But you can’t be here anymore It’s like you just walked out the door And I never had a clue But I still Walk this mystery with you Standing in my room Staring at the waning moon You can hear the church bells ring And those distant railroad tunes So I’m just remembering when Remember a lost friend You’re the X mark on a map Of a place we’ve never been And I can’t hear you anymore It’s like you just moved next door And there’s nothing I can do But I still Walk this mystery with you Nothin’ that I say Will bring you back today This life is just a stay It’s the final bill we pay And you can’t be here anymore It’s like you just walked out the door And I never had a clue But I still Walk mystery with you Walk walk walk walk this mystery Walk walk walk walk this mystery Walk walk walk walk this mystery Walk walk walk walk this mystery
10.
Saw you in a crowded room Hair was calling like a curse There was nothing I could do Couldn’t drink away my thirst Saw some faces on TV Tryin’ to sell me something new Tryin’ to tell me what I need When all I really need Need is you I’ve been faithless I’ve been saved I’ve been blown and I’ve been paved Still I’m tryin’ to get to you In this crazy broken world I’ve been turned on Been turned down I’ve been lost and I’ve been found Still I’m tryin’ to get to you In this crazy broken world Don’t know why you’re on my mind Some things cannot be explained You’re the something I can’t find You’re the mystery that Still remains I’ve been held up Been held down I’ve been spun and Spun around Still I’m tryin’ to get to you In this crazy broken world I’ve been lied to Relied on I’ve been famous I’ve been gone Still I’m tryin’ to get to you In this crazy broken world I’ve seen good times I’ve seen bad I’ve seen everything you had Still I’m trying to get to you In this crazy broken world Tryin’ to get to you In this crazy broken world Tryin’ to get to you In this crazy broken world Tryin’ to get to you
11.
You hold on Then let go You thought you knew But you didn’t know All you know Are your lines Mysteries remain One day you’ll find Something she said You barely heard Stuck in your head Yeah every word And so you tried To read her mind Searching for clues One day you’ll find There was a reason That you bought Dreams were in season Until you forgot Now you’re looking For a sign That no one knows One day you’ll find There’s a cry out in the forest There’s a hunger in the land All that came before us No one understands You had it all Then it was gone Now the days are short And the nights are long You believed You never crossed that line But the lines they blur One day you’ll find There’s a fire up on the hillside There’s a storm across the fields Turn the lights on in this city Let’s hit the highway With these wheels So hold me gently Whisper lies And I won’t look Into your eyes And we’ll just rock Away the time That’s all we’ve got One day you’ll find

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the ghost particles are a new band comprised of veteran Madison musicians, some of whom who have been active on the local music scene since the mid ‘70s. Bassist Joel Tappero (Spooner), keyboardist Don Irwin (The Rousers), guitarist, harmony vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Dave Benton (Spooner, The Rousers, The Waterdogs) and lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Phil Davis (First Person, Fire Town, The Emperors of Wyoming) came together in the fall of 2019, planning to record an EP of originals and start playing live shows.

Recording this album during the COVID-19 pandemic required each of the members to play solo with the tracks in their own home studio, after which, the files were downloaded and mixed. Recording commenced in July 2020 and the project was finalized in July 2021. Special Thanks to co-producer and recording/mixing engineer Jeremy Tappero, With percussionist extraordinaire Pauli Ryan and Tracy Benton, bodhran on "Three Things."

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released April 15, 2022

the ghost particles are: Phil Davis (guitars, synthesizer and lead vocals); Dave Benton (guitars, synthesizer, EBow and vocals; Joel Tappero (Bass); Don Irwin (keyboards); Jeremy Tappero (drums, guitar, bass, percussion). Pauli Ryan assorted percussion and Tracy Benton, bodhran on "Three Things."

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the ghost particles Madison, Wisconsin

the ghost particles are Joel Tappero, bass (Spooner), keyboardist Don Irwin (The Rousers, The Waterdogs) guitar and vocals Dave Benton (Spooner, The Rousers, The Waterdogs); and lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Phil Davis (First Person, Fire Town, The Emperors of Wyoming), Pauli Ryan on percussion; drummer Jeremy Tappero co-produced and mixed. Tracy Benton bodhran on “Three Things.” ... more

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