Ghost of SLC by Tin Foil Top Hat Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It was a Tuesday, I think, when the world began
The smallest things held the future in their hands
The meek and the mild, we came to understand
Were always the biggest part of the plan
I was scurrying back through the fields and through the farmland
[Verse 2]
But the lore before told in verse
That a tortoise supports the whole world, of course
Is no worse a story
Than the boring allegory
That tell us we're not worthy
Tell us we don’t mean a thing
[Bridge 1]
Singing hymns that tickle him under his chin
Makes him tremble, and the Earth rumbles above him
When he clears his throat with a little cough, the world tips off
Is he allergic to the aftershocks
Or is the cough just a tell he lost a bet with you
The day before we met
The day before we met you
The day before we met
[Chorus 1]
I left your ghost in Salt Lake City
I left my name on the manifest of the business class section
Of a plane
I left your ghost in Salt Lake City
But I took everything that remained
I took everything that remained
[Verse 3]
It was a Friday night by the time I held her hand
In the morning, back to Boseman again
In the late September sun
On a beach where my auntie rests in the sand
We carved our names
We carved our names
[Bridge 2]
And we're finally the worse for wear
For the stories we don't care to tell
We don’t care to tell
We don't care to tell
We don't care to tell
[Pre-Chorus]
And my grandmother's ashes sit on the desk
Where I waste all my time
I wonder if she'd be impressed
Or like you if she'd met you
The day before we met
The day before we met you
The day before we met
[Chorus 2]
I left your ghost in Salt Lake City
I left my name on the manifest of a plane heading
Home from New Mexico
I left your ghost in Salt Lake City
And that's the last thing I know
That's the last thing I know
That’s the last thing I know
[Post-Chorus]
Clearing a place for her ashes in the snow
‘Cause that’s the only way we go
That's the only way we go
It was a Tuesday, I think, when the world began
The smallest things held the future in their hands
The meek and the mild, we came to understand
Were always the biggest part of the plan
I was scurrying back through the fields and through the farmland
[Verse 2]
But the lore before told in verse
That a tortoise supports the whole world, of course
Is no worse a story
Than the boring allegory
That tell us we're not worthy
Tell us we don’t mean a thing
[Bridge 1]
Singing hymns that tickle him under his chin
Makes him tremble, and the Earth rumbles above him
When he clears his throat with a little cough, the world tips off
Is he allergic to the aftershocks
Or is the cough just a tell he lost a bet with you
The day before we met
The day before we met you
The day before we met
[Chorus 1]
I left your ghost in Salt Lake City
I left my name on the manifest of the business class section
Of a plane
I left your ghost in Salt Lake City
But I took everything that remained
I took everything that remained
[Verse 3]
It was a Friday night by the time I held her hand
In the morning, back to Boseman again
In the late September sun
On a beach where my auntie rests in the sand
We carved our names
We carved our names
[Bridge 2]
And we're finally the worse for wear
For the stories we don't care to tell
We don’t care to tell
We don't care to tell
We don't care to tell
[Pre-Chorus]
And my grandmother's ashes sit on the desk
Where I waste all my time
I wonder if she'd be impressed
Or like you if she'd met you
The day before we met
The day before we met you
The day before we met
[Chorus 2]
I left your ghost in Salt Lake City
I left my name on the manifest of a plane heading
Home from New Mexico
I left your ghost in Salt Lake City
And that's the last thing I know
That's the last thing I know
That’s the last thing I know
[Post-Chorus]
Clearing a place for her ashes in the snow
‘Cause that’s the only way we go
That's the only way we go