Ghosts In The Hotel

from Dead Orchestras by Swimmer One

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The lobby seemed a decent place to wait.
Sooner or later you had to pass through on your way somewhere.
Everyone needs to sleep.

I have lived my life in bland rooms full of nondescript anonymous stuff
that offers you no clue where you are.
I told myself that if i saw you passing through one of those rooms
I'd write your name on all the furniture.

Someone asked if I wanted a room.
No way, I told them.
If you unpack your life it might not fit back in your case.
After that they left me alone

with all the things you can't give names to, all the things you have to share
with travellers who always leave alone,
all the things you try to hoard but know that when you close that door
will be somebody else's mobile home.

We are all just tourists here, we do our best to leave our mark,
But in the end, we know very well,
all that's left when we are gone are broken hearts and dust and bones,
ghosts in the hotel.

Everybody needs to sleep, this is as good a place as any.
Close your eyes, pretend it's your own bed.
I'll be waiting here for you downstairs.

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from Dead Orchestras, released May 31, 2010

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