The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
The Amity Affliction
“Chasing Ghosts” is the title track and opener of The Amity Affliction’s third studio album.
The song explains that there isn’t anything left after you commit suicide and die; there are no gods or angels, as you may have hoped, only the regret of doing it and leaving behind everything and everyone...
[Verse 1: Joel Birch & Ahren Stringer]
Will they remember my name when I'm gone
When they know what I did was so fucking wrong?
Put the steel to my wrist, lost the breath in my chest
Just to forget all the wrongs I had left
I took the exit, left my friends in the gutter
Left my life right behind me, left myself, left it all
Left myself, left it all, not a falter, not a stutter
Not a note, and now there's nothing at all
[Chorus: Ahren Stringer]
Are you at all haunted by memories past?
Are you ready to make this one breath your last?
Is your chest so heavy you're ready to leave?
Or are you just hoping that someone will grieve?
[Breakdown 1: Joel Birch]
And now we roll on, I'm gone now
I don't remember much
I just know that
I would've been better off if I had stayed spoken to a friend
[Verse 2: Ahren Stringer & Joel Birch]
Let my heart keep on beating and not given it all up
For the grave, for the grave
There's no one there on the other side
There's nothing more than what I had
There's no ghosts left to haunt you, so you know I'm still here
Just the end of my life, nothing left here at all
There's no memories here, just the regrets of the dead
Please don't follow my footsteps, cherish all you have left
[Chorus: Ahren Stringer]
Are you at all haunted by memories past?
Are you ready to make this one breath your last?
Is your chest so heavy you're ready to leave?
Or are you just hoping that someone will grieve?
[Bridge: Joel Birch & Ahren Stringer]
There's no one there on the other side
There's no one there on the other side
There's nothing more than what I had
There's no ghosts left to haunt you
[Breakdown 2: Joel Birch]
There's no ghosts, there's no memories here
Just the regrets of the dead
Please don't follow in my footsteps
Cherish all you have left
There's no memories here
Just the regrets of the dead
Please don't follow in my footsteps
Cherish all you have left
[Chorus: Ahren Stringer]
Are you at all haunted by memories past?
Are you ready to make this one breath your last?
Is your chest so heavy you're ready to leave?
Or are you just hoping that someone will grieve?
Are you at all haunted by memories past?
Are you ready to make this one breath your last?
Is your chest so heavy you're ready to leave?
Or are you just hoping that someone will grieve?
Chasing Ghosts was written by Troy Brady & Ahren Stringer & Ryan Burt & Michael “Elvis” Baskette & Joel Birch.
Chasing Ghosts was produced by Michael “Elvis” Baskette.
The Amity Affliction released Chasing Ghosts on Fri Sep 07 2012.
In an interview with Alternative Press, frontman Joel Birch said:
I wrote “Chasing Ghosts” as a narrative based wholly around someone that has committed suicide and has passed onto the other side. It’s a story that I hope people will see for what it is; an example in song of why you should turn to...