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Ghosts of the City, Vol. 1

by Mark Bordenet

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1.
Strange Life 03:45
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Everybody all around We’re blocking out the sound Heads pointed to the ground Consumed by likes and lies Create our own disguise The screen become our eyes I would complain but I play just the same it’s such a strange life Sitting alone touch the world through my phone It’s such a strange life Strangers get stranger the world spins in danger it’s a strange life Heads bunkered down as we block all around It’s such a strange life When I bother to look up I see a sea of hair nobody’s eyes are bare and when I get a glance it feels like sweet romance a dilettante in trance You take me farther from within This night to just begin This day to melt away We might be lovers and good friends Won’t know ‘till this night ends Won’t know unless we stay I would complain but I play just the same it’s such a strange life Sitting alone touch the world through my phone It’s such a strange life Strangers get stranger the world spins in danger it’s a strange life Heads bunkered down as we block all around It’s such a strange life The fire from within burns off these mortal coils That we are living in The fire from within burns off these mortal coils That we are living in
2.
Gonna Have To Wait 03:26
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We could be electrifying pathways in the mind Only to watch enlightenment check out Hey man, what were we just talking about It’s perplexing, constant vexing Part of me is free But most is left to be compromised A man’s achilles heel is his eye Cause when she walks by everything turns to mush Ambitions of an elevated conscious are crushed My innerstellar vision of the future Gonna Have To Wait My highbrow meets the gutter and it’s no fault of hers I’m wired in a way that’s gonna cost my mind years These innerstellar visions of the future Gonna Have To Wait Time spent learning, listening, yearning Thrown away with ease and now I’m Struggling to count to 10 I feel dumb, I don’t know how to pretend And the only thing to do is to Change my field of view Cause when she walks by everything turns to mush Ambitions of an elevated conscious are crushed My innerstellar vision of the future Gonna Have To Wait My highbrow meets the gutter and it’s no fault of hers I’m wired in a way that’s gonna cost my mind years These innerstellar visions of the future Gonna Have To Wait You’re like a code breaker seeing through me I put on airs, tell a stupid story Turn me upside down, shake the nonsense out Checkin’ out your stride One look, I’m hypnotized You’re like a wrecking ball, but not knowing That you’re capable of destroying something Rubbernecking in your wake Girlfriend’s mad, my mistake Might need to resuscitate.
3.
Time To Fly 02:48
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Wide awake in sleepy town Can’t stand where we are Everybody has a Time to Fly Everybody has a Time to Fly Wasted words on foolish hearts Time to break the chain Everybody has a Time to Fly Everybody has a Time to Fly When we reach for the sky They don’t need to know why Everybody has a dream to mend Pick ‘em up, start again Take a break my bitter friend Taste the sun-kissed air You would do well to realize there’s more beyond your window Then those same scenes of despair Everybody has a Time to Fly When we reach for the sky They don’t need to know why Everybody has a dream to mend Pick ‘em up, start again Everybody has a Time to Fly Everybody has a Time to Fly Everybody has a Time to Fly
4.
No More Love 04:17
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It’s been brewing for a long time There’s no surprise in what we’ve done When you spend your nights ignoring one another It’s time to pick up what’s left and move on I’m left with the feeling of an endless burden Searching the room for an exit sign They’ll be no happily ever after I’ll take my grievances and get in line Someday this will all blow over The sun will feel sublime But for now I’m really wondering if it’s worth all this just to See a love in its prime I’m making a bold decision Splitting the peace from the strain No more love No more pain No more love No more pain I’m callous I’m caustic Stratospheric agnostic I wanna run But I can’t get too far away from you Can’t think about forward Backwards is torrid Situationally frostbit Cause we lost it and it’s gone for good You’ve got to be easy alone To be a better friend But for now I’m really wondering if this Life we live will ever get around the bend. I’m making a bold decision To split the peace from the strain No more love No more pain No more love No more pain I’ll take love I’ll take pain I’ll take love I’ll take pain
5.
Shy Guy 03:26
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You can probably find me sitting near the edge of the room Laying low with my friends as the night starts to whistle a tune Go on baby and ask me to dance You’ll never know if you don’t take a chance I’m a Shy Guy sipping on whiskey and tea Most of them will play you but it won’t be me It might take longer to get me struck but once I get going gonna light you up I’m a Shy Guy sipping on whiskey and tea I don’t bite but I might if the feelings right You see right through me you can touch me in the air We could make some trouble we could end up anywhere Go on baby and ask me to dance You’ll never know if you don’t take a chance I’m a Shy Guy sipping on whiskey and tea Most of them will play you but it won’t be me It might take longer to get me struck but once I get going gonna light you up I’m a Shy Guy sipping on whiskey and tea I don’t bite but I might if the feelings right Take a look around you See what you can get A whole lot of empty promises and cheap regret With me I’ll see you only We can slip into the night So move your sexy body with me we won't stop until the morning light Go on baby and ask me to dance You’ll never know if you don’t take a chance I’m a Shy Guy sipping on whiskey and tea Most of them will play you but it won’t be me It might take longer to get me struck but once I get going gonna light you up I’m a Shy Guy sipping on whiskey and tea I don’t bite but I might if the feelings right
6.
Be With You 04:03
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Well it seems like these roses won’t find good ends When you break it’s stem its bitter end is catalyzed No matter in whose eyes Cause I’m thinking about you more than I should And I’m planning what to say and do the next time that I get to spend some time with you Oh I just want to be with you You make me feel like the breeze Oh but being with someone you want to know better can tear you apart at the seams And I heard you were hurting and needed a hand And somebody came through for you I’m glad he did Wish it was me instead Oh I just want to be with you You make me feel like the breeze Oh but being with someone you want to know better can tear you apart at the seams You make it easy to write fairy tales with you as the lead With you as the lead You make it easy to write fairy tales with you as the lead With you as the lead I just want to be with you I just want to be with you I just want to be with you I just want to be with you And I hope that these roses They find good ends
7.
Summertime Thinking 03:59
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All the retail hipsters get on up Your candle makings gonna have to wait And all the smug, drunk bums at the UV bar won’t have a subject to eviscerate Well it’s well below the temperature that my knees rattle like a clock Knocking these boots to get the snow off Freezy breeze, bare trees, isn’t what the mind needs My manifesto’s written look out I’ve got a clear frustration at the current state My mind is drifting and it can’t be kept Yet I refuse to believe that we can’t succeed No need to count how many days there are left Well, slick as a Fox my Moon Boots pop Breaking the strain, the brain’s feeling estranged I don’t belong here Rolling six layers deep Shed some wool and some fleece I’m getting out of this space ‘Cause you know that I I’ve got that Summertime I’ve got that Summertime Thinking I’ve got that Summertime I’ve got that Summertime Thinking While the cherry blossoms nice and the coffee’s on ice I still don’t feel that bliss Summertime is in reach Fun, Sun and the Beach Yet I still can’t taste her kiss Oh Hay Fever Hay Fever Givin’ me grief No hope for relief Itchy Eyes, there’s no peace I’ve been dying to rescind my chagrin Just for a taste of the space that the Summertime brings to this place I’ve got that Summertime I’ve got that Summertime Thinking I’ve got that Summertime I’ve got that Summertime Thinking Everybody loves the feeling of the sun flowing through your hair All your worries and your stresses float away and you just don’t care Halloween decorations on the stoop Leaves crunching beneath my feet Crisp tear in the air and my heart’s aflare I need to be released And I know that I can dip into my reservoir of joy And taste the Sun when it’s said and done And the lonesome wind is crying I’ve got that Summertime I’ve got that Summertime Thinking I’ve got that Summertime I’ve got that Summertime Thinking
8.
Lay On This Couch 03:56
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I’m gonna lay on this couch and unwind I’m gonna lay on this couch and unwind All the trouble’s of my children Seem far behind I’m gonna lay on this couch and unwind If you want something from me, it better be good If you want something from me, it better be good You need to think before you ask Is that understood If you want something from me, it better be good There’s no more room left in my heart to contain my love for you That’s why I’m taking back this time When I’m alone, emptiness is all I’ll find There’s nothing in this world I love more than you There’s nothing in this world I love more than you I’m not asking for the world Just a moment or two There’s nothing in the world I love more than you There’s no more room left in my heart to contain my love for you That’s why I’m taking back this time When I’m alone, emptiness is all I’ll find I’m gonna lay on this couch and unwind I’m gonna lay on this couch and unwind
9.
Ambassadors 03:31
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You work so hard and the world shuts you down Can’t seem to find it’s affection I know a place we can go That will get you in the mood and set you In the right direction We should be cosmic dancers flaunting our wares up in space We’ll be ambassadors of the human race Primitive as it may seem expressing what our bodies create We’ll be ambassadors of the human race Oh when we ride through the stars All the troubles that we had will be shattered We’ll dance all night and by day seek out creatures who can give an explanation of dark matter We should be cosmic dancers flaunting our wares up in space We’ll be ambassadors of the human race Primitive as it may seem expressing what our bodies create We’ll be ambassadors of the human race We should be cosmic dancers flaunting our wares up in space We’ll be ambassadors of the human race Primitive as it may seem expressing what our bodies create We’ll be ambassadors of the human race
10.
What We Deserve 04:00
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So much to unpack When you take and don’t act to give back I believe you deserve a cold smack If you think it’s forgotten Inbred and rotten The sins of the past have a way to be brought in the Light where it’s dim and the sun has forgot Now these small seeds give it all That they got Now they grow and expand Spreading hate through the land While the masses consume And forget what’s in bloom Don’t be surprised to see a monster in the sun Those who don’t look back won't know From whom they run And if we’re creatures of our word We would be so self assured in saying We’re going to get what we deserve And If you build your house on sand And wonder why it’s scattered over the land We’re gonna get what we deserve We’re gonna get what we deserve Echo chamber spitting out the spin of the day While our two false armies seem so eager to play Keeping crowds occupied While the demons inside Play to whichever side Keeps them fat and alive Now we can pick and choose Where we learn from Why with so much information Are we getting so dumb If I don’t like what you say I can make you go away Now the air’s getting thin Not to mention the skin we’re in The bubble feels so warm as Nothing gets in your way But it will burst and then you’re gonna Need to find a place to stay And if we’re creatures of our word We would be so self assured in saying We’re going to get what we deserve And If you build your house on sand And wonder why it’s scattered over the land We’re gonna get what we deserve We’re gonna get what we deserve Is it so hard to see why the world has gone astray With all we’ve done to make it as it is today And if we’re creatures of our word We would be so self assured in saying We’re going to get what we deserve And If you build your house on sand And wonder why it’s scattered over the land We’re gonna get what we deserve We’re gonna get what we deserve
11.
Worth Falling For 03:28
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Every heart needs an answer Every hope needs a lie And somewhere in between the truth will either live or die And with you it wasn’t easy to see how far I’d gone The silence that you bleed will keep my head buried for so long I forgot how the game is played What I’m supposed to say to make you feel That you don’t mean a thing to me But woman, you’re worth falling for I used the thought of you to ease the strain Of a loneliness caused by being together yet feeling estranged And the wind is going to take me I reach out for your hand You break into a million pieces and I begin to understand Soulful eyes looking through my guise That everything is as it should be You’re way too smart for me But woman, you’re worth falling for To call you beautiful Isn't enough for me There’s something that you hold that’s beyond what anybody can see And if you’re going to go your own way and I go mine At least I know what I’m looking for when I’m ready to cross the line Oh I won’t lie, I felt alive At the thought of walking hand in hand I promise that I’ll let you be But woman, you’re worth falling for

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released August 13, 2020

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Mark Bordenet Brooklyn, New York

I grew up in the Seattle area and developed a jazz addiction that led me to move to NYC. Twenty plus years later, I'm telling my story.

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