Apparition

by Michael W. Smith

I'm sick of everything, I can't get out of bed
Just lay here, someone pull me out
I'm tired of these thoughts, the world moves outside
Feel like a ghost, rejected by the living
Everybody is so impressed with the things they say
I take a look at what a joke it is and then lock myself away
Come out ego you fool, I see your apparition in the doorway
Beckoning me, promising to be there
When the planet lets me down, you'll still be around
Unconscious and awake, miscounting all the sheep
Too late for a peaceful night of sleep
A nightmare comes and goes, I can't remember it
It's sinking, the holes are filling my ship
Everybody is laughing at the man out on the bow
I'm learning now that nothing in common
Is better than finding out
(2x)Come on ego you fool, I see your apparition in the doorway
Beckoning me, promising to be there
When the planet lets me down, you'll still be around
I'm sick of everything,
I can't get out of bed just lay here like I'm dead

Apparition

by RAY CHARLES

Apparition is the name
Of a friend
Who goes away in the end
You are my cancer and
You kept me going and
All this time all I could do
Was feel you and touch you
And feel the blackness of your skin
It became the blackness of your heart
Inside you would laugh
And I just had to laugh
Ha, ha ha ha….
You’re my cancer
All this time I thought that you were
The same that you were just stubborn
That you hadn’t changed and you had changed
Back into what you used to be
Into what you said you’d never be again
And here you go again spinning round and round

Apparition

by Catch 22

it's a broken house
bloody handprints on the wall
ghosts out in the hall
that's where mamma lives
i still hear her calling out my name
singing im sorry now
i didn't mean to hurt you like i did
i always wanted to make a change
i always offer the worst in me
all of my hate, all my anger, all of my self-loathing
you can't go wrong if you bring love
i'm a broken man blood on my hands
ghosts out in the hall
just ignore them all
but i still hear them
i can't hear her
i won't die here
time to fly, time to fight, time to be a better man