It started as a joke
Just one of my lucks to see
If somehow I could reach you
So I swam onto your shores
Through an open window
Only to find you all alone
Curled up with machines
Now it seems youâ??re slipping
Out to the land of the ravine

Just take a closer look
Take a closer look
At what it is thatâ??s really haunting you
I hear to trust you
Not this digital ghost

Look I fear thereâ??s only so much time
Cause the you I knew is fading away
Hands
Lay them on my keys
Let me play you again
I am not immune to you
And find me there and yet
I wonâ??t go even if he
Your heart only beats once
And switch you on my friend
Pull you from that wreckage
But only you can fight against these

Take a closer look
Just take a closer look
At what it is thatâ??s really haunting you
I hear to trust you
Not this digital ghost

Well I fear thereâ??s only so much time
Cause the you I knew is fading away
Fading
Fading
Fading away.


Lyrics submitted by stentorian

Digital Ghost Lyrics as written by Tori Ellen Amos

Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing

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    I am nearly positive this must be about Trent... the "started as a joke to see if I could find you" Sounds like someone from her past that she decided to try to contact... and the sound of the song, is a little like, tori infused with a hint of industrial sound.... also the "your heart only beats ones and o's" very resonant of his zero sum.... "all we ever were, just zeros and ones" and if you put the two together, you could almost think he might be thinking of Tori in that song a bit as well... It sounds very regretful.

    Genevieve79on August 26, 2009   Link

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