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Ghost Stories

by Hannah vs. The Many

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1.
Poor Leander 02:15
And is she everything you thought she'd be, your tower jumper? When you caught her did she thank you, or did she laugh? Did you find her by the road side with her wrists tied Saying "maybe" saying "please"? Did you tell her you would keep away the devil? Did she beg you not to leave? Was she good to you? Was she telling you she loved you, keeping one hand out of sight? Bedsheet around your shoulders, scrapes on both your knees Were you running off the roof again my broken friend? Yeah you're flying now to save her From the latest ivory castle that you've found. But the second that she lets you in her window It'll all come crashing down Is it worth it then? All the wishing when you're only gonna throw away your prize? See all the pretty phantoms standing in a row Slowly fading and shaking their sweet heads no Yeah you're haunted as you're watching each one go Hey dreamer, I hope you realize - Ghost stories don't need heroes And did you ask me to your campfire with good intentions Cause you knew that I would never need a rescuer? You've been using me as your diary Writing all your prayers and secrets up and down my arms Soon there won't be any room for mine Are you looking for the shore now my poor Leander? Did she kill the lights when you were only halfway there?
2.
I think I left a windowledge around here somewhere... No, you go ahead, I'll catch up It's you and me from here on out Cause who'd dare to follow us? Furious in fear, your fingers tear at the receding sky But I fly Look at all the sorry strangers under glass No time to think about their lives Identical in horror Mouths open, hands tied I wave my greetings while I'm slipping by each storied mile And I smile All eyes are on me now Think about the distance you've gone Look back at me, twenty feet above Too far to hear what you're praying for What good in praying, love? Wind burned and blinded I am finally blessing all I see And I breathe All eyes are on me now Ooh, the minutes whistle past you You have so much air-use it however you see fit As for me, I'm not gonna plead with the sight unseen I am gaining ground...
3.
Slow Burn 04:27
4.
Thank God I lost you when I did I'd hate for you to see me like this Staggering in sandals and clinging onto restaurants There was a promise I forgot A couple of things I left out And I won't be leaving here anytime soon Blow out the candles Blow out the candles Blow out the candles, it isn't too late I'm gonna be a lady of the court Better not wait up for me Unlikely princess in the eyes of the day old drunks I've never been the girl whose name is in the title The story is ending and the world just blurs away I'm turning pages and waiting on that hero I am a guardian of thieves Flying on unbuttoned sleeves Falling in the backstreets, but not for too long I'm gonna be a lady of the court Better not wait up for me From now on I'll number my years in the stories I couldn't phone home From now on I'll number my years in the parties I had to phone in I'm told this is fun I'm having now You call this a chance in hell? Didn't think I had one Not one of my banner nights I swear I'll do better next time In the meantime, I'm consolation You and your hostage audience Jokers and copycat blonds But I got my mask on and I'm slipping out the side way I'm gonna be a lady of the court Better not wait up for me So your highness, we're as separate as we're meant to be The palace steps are empty, for a second we were United in our twin miseries Pretty little tragedies keep me entertained Nobody take my hand Nobody lead me home Nobody lay me down... Grace of the godless, sing me a song and say How did I get here, how did I get here? Kissing his feet as he strings me along How did I get here, how did I get here?
5.
Nicollet 04:06
Five o clock and we're walking towards Nicollet You in your tie dye and me in my secondhand coat Must be old movie night Cause I'm watching this ancient home video Black and white and I'm not quite remembering you Look how the world has changed There's a place on the corner, yeah that'll be fine Stay here and bury the moonlight I'm making the most of my evening this time They're calling me home come Monday 'Tearing me back to the city I've claimed So choose your words wisely then But there's a name you're not saying, a ghost in the room So "Good bye and be good" is as good as I'll get It's as I'd expected, then Crossing yourself at my door, you've come Seeking some quick and easy absolution But I'm only as clean as the floors I've been kneeling on One drink and then baby you're gone again Should have known there was no way you'd tell me the truth So I'll have your second round And ambient strangers can take your place The bartender, the whiskey soaked mother of two Yeah, they know your life story now The mother smokes under the heat lamps with me The beggar on the corner calls us queens We are neither of us the madonnas we seem And I want you to know You only would have had to be my shadow This is the last time I tell you goodbye, yeah This is the last time I tell you goodbye The last time, the last time... Eleven thirty and I'm turning my back on Nicollet.

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"Not many albums are as edgy, honest, beautiful, desperate, and hopeful as this one..." - Jamsphere.com

"Another assaultively brilliant album... Hannah vs. The Many are the real deal." - New York Music Daily

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released November 12, 2013

vocals/guitar: Hannah Fairchild
guitar: Joscelyn Fox
piano: Matt Healy
organ: Glen Mauser
drums: Daniel Muhlenberg
bass: Joseph Wallace

all music and lyrics by Hannah Fairchild. produced by Joscelyn Fox at Royal Drag Studios, Brooklyn NY.

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Hannah vs. The Many Brooklyn, New York

"(Fairchild's)songs play out like tiny musicals - they’re dramatic, punchy, and lightly dusted with Stephen Sondheim’s lyricality ... you can hear a likeness to his dark theatre in her music."

- WNYC Soundcheck

"The key's in the name. Hannah vs The Many. Not Hannah AND The Many... You wouldn't want to be part of the "Many" Hannah Fairchild's ferociously taking down - track by track."
- Deli NYC
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