Amy Millan – Bruised Ghosts

This afternoon’s song is a beauty from Amy Millan’s second solo effort Masters of the Burial, officially released on Tuesday of this week; Bruised Ghosts is the opening track from the album.  The album features guest contributions from Millan’s Stars band-mate Evan Cranley and Broken Social Scene band-mate Leslie Feist.  Like Milan’s previous solo release, Honey from the Tombs, Masters of the Burial comes to us via the well-stocked Canadian indie label Arts & Crafts. 

Hold it up
You’ve lost enough
You’ve still got your luck
You’re miles away
From the love you made
Heaven gets rough

Ghosts weren’t meant for bleeding
Ghosts weren’t meant for bleeding

You see a wall
You have it all
Broken apart
You follow through
With your bruises
And eat your heart up

It hates to hope and leave it
It hates to hope and leave it

the story rolls
the golden boys
And girls get tired
We look for hooks (?)
In stolen looks
When home is hardly a word

Home is hardly a word

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