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Common Ghosts

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Ghost Water 04:57
In the middle of the land far away from the tides The waters disappeared from the reservoir There’s a body in the barrel, warships in the mud Skeletons of trees and weeping hunger stones There’s ghosts in the water Ghosts in the water Ghosts in the water They’ll tell you their secrets If you listen for a while All along the coasts, the water’s creeping in Seeping through the seawalls, breaking levees and dams Artificial land shifts beneath dream homes Long-buried streams return to their ancestral flow Like ghosts of the water Ghosts of the water Ghosts of the water They’ll tell you their secrets If you listen for a while The barons of the sea, deep beneath the waves Mine the ocean floor, like robbers from a grave The blue whale’s gone quiet, they won’t sing their song Patiently waiting for their time to come Like ghosts in the water Ghosts in the water Like ghosts in the water They’ll tell you their secrets If you listen for a while Frozen in time, ancient unknowns Ice begins to melt, hear it creek and moan Long forgotten fears, emerge from the cracks Revived in a world, to bring balance back Yes, there’s ghosts in the water There’s ghosts in the water There’s ghosts in the water They’ll tell you their secrets If you listen for a while
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In the jungle at midnight The frogs in the trees No sense of direction Am I awake or’s this a dream? I was searching for gold When I strayed from the path Now my compass is broken And I’ve lost my map Moonlight trickles through the canopy A distant howl, I get weak in the knees What’s that sound? Who could it be? Something in the darkness is hunting me Now I’m lost… Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees Call in a rescue Send in the hounds Shoulder to shoulder Kicking for bones on the ground I’m an unusual suspect I’ll give you the slip A trail of false leads I’m a master of the grift Tip toe through the woods I never make sound Check the forensics No evidence was found It was just an illusion A ghost in the machine But it’s hard to see the forrest For all of the trees ‘Cause I’m lost… Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees What about this… Listen, listen, listen Don’t make a sound Don’t move Be Still Don’t do Anything Yes, there it is I was looking for proof I was looking for facts I was looking for someone To have my back A belief in the holy A sense of divine A friend in the struggle One day at time The further that I reach The more it slips away I’m a man of conviction But I’m losing my faith Is it my animal instinct? The will to survive? An necessary fiction Roaming through my mind? ‘Cause I’m lost… Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees Lost In the Trees

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Ben Sollee surprises fans with a haunting mix of jungle-jazz and trance-folk, exploring the everyday hauntings of water and the illusory self. Featuring an incredible crew of musicians including Alana Rocklin (STS9), Brandon Coleman, Patrick Duke Graney, and many more...

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released October 13, 2025

Words by Ben Sollee
Music by Ben Sollee and Brandon Coleman

Produced by Ben Sollee

Recorded at:
Legacy Soundworks, Cincinnati, OH
Tin Ear Studios, Louisville, KY
Patrick Duke Graney Home, Cleveland, OH
Nathan Paul Davis Home, Cleveland, OH

Mixing by Duane Lundy, Shangri-La Studios
Mastering by Justin Perkins, Mystery Room Mastering

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Cellist. Composer. Father. Bicycle enthusiast. Kentuckian.

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