"raise the ghost"

i tried to raise your ghost
the ghost inside my head
then you said
you didn't want a part in this
and i still held you near
where the only thing i feared
was being without you

alone in the dark
the dark doesn't need a friend
i pretend
that i've got company here
but i don't need misery tonight
i'm convinced that i'm alright
just without you

i'm convinced that since
you gave yourself away
you're getting farther everyday

remember when you asked
for my paper ring
you promised
you were never going to lose it
y'didn't need it after all
then you let me fall
all alone without you

said goodbye to the abyss
when i walked beside you
not behind you
it's like we were a symphony
nothing less of a tragedy
without you

i'm convinced that since
you gave yourself away
you're getting farther everyday

the joke's on me
you live and you burn
nothing's straight
if all you did was turn

i walk away from my shadow
i've killed it with the light
it doesn't shine
the way that it used to
the horizon never meets
with the sunset on the streets
without you