Ghosts

from Optimist by Ben Franklin

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She said:
Aren't you afraid
That someone better will come along and take me away from you?
And I answered:
I am not afraid
I don't think anyone will take me away from you?

I don't believe in ghosts
I don't believe in fate
I don't believe in staring at the past
It can't come back to hurt us now
So please don't mind me when I still frown
I'll be right here, I won't let you down

I'll do whatever I can to make you feel loved
I'll do whatever I can to stay all your fears
I don't know how to make it last
I don't know how it falls apart
But I know how to love a broken heart

We start with hearts made of pure gold
And they're robbed like tombs in the night
In the morning light we sew up the wounds
And we wonder if we've ever really been loved

I don't believe in ghosts
I don't believe in fate
I don't believe in staring at the past
It can't come back to hurt us now
So please don't mind me when I still frown
I'll be right here, I won't let you down

I'll do whatever I can to make you feel loved
I'll do whatever I can despite all your fears
I don't know how to make it last
I don't know how it falls apart
But I know how to love a broken heart

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from Optimist, released September 3, 2009

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