Bat for Lashes
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“The Haunted Man” is the title track of Bat for Lashes' third studio album. The male choir part on the song was recorded in Perugia, Italy. “We projected the voices across a canyon and recorded the echo coming back”, Natasha stated in an interview.
In an interview with Q Magazine, Natasha explained...
[Verse 1]
I couldn't sleep last night
'Cos I tried to forget you
In the suffocated air
I resolved to let you go
[Verse 2]
Twisted all our dreams
Till you became the nightmare
Close it off inside
Or else the hurt is gonna rise
[Verse 3]
I couldn't sleep last night
'Cos I tried to forget you
Heard the old man and the sea
Singing low
[Verse 4]
And the silver fir she cried
Never forget had gone and died
And all the babes that clung to her
Had all let go
[Chant]
My dear, she touched my skin
And oh, did the skin
Set a burning
My dear, she touched my skin
Where once we kissed and ran
That memory scorched the man
I have to tell you, dear
(ask me to hold you, I...)
Death has become my breathing
(far away gone and I...)
My dear, she touched my skin
(ask me to tell you, I...)
And oh, she did, she touched my skin
(holding the ghost of a man, I...)
Where once we kissed and ran
(ask me to tell you, I...)
This madness haunted the man
(holding the ghost of a man)
[Outro]
Still I'm holding out my hand
Standing by my haunted man
Yes, your ghosts have got me too
But it's me and you
I can't run...
Still I'm holding out my hand
Standing by my haunted man
Yes, your ghosts have got me too
But it's me and you
I can't run...
The Haunted Man was written by Natasha Khan.
The Haunted Man was produced by Rob Ellis & David Kosten & Natasha Khan.
Bat for Lashes released The Haunted Man on Fri Oct 12 2012.
‘The Haunted Man’ is a metaphor for how I feel men and women relate to each other in times of conflict. My granddad went away to war and when he came back he was given no therapy or help. It was only two generations ago, I can’t believe it. It’s still recent history for all of us that our grandparen...