“With the Ink of a Ghost” is the first song on José González’s most recent album, Vestiges and Claws.
As the iTunes album preview says: ‘The opening songs, “With the Ink of a Ghost” and “Let It Carry You,” indicate how the album will proceed.’
In an album review from the Consequence of Sound, Dust...
[Verse 1]
Idle as it seemed
Trudging through the mist
Following the creeks
Erasing dim lines on the list
[Verse 2]
Eager to arrive
Leaving footprints in the clay
Reading rocks and vines
Telling indigo from grey
Telling indigo from grey
[Pre-Chorus]
Scattered rays of light
On dust grains in the air
All berries in the tree
Earn a steady flare
[Chorus]
Among the mirrors of the scene
Some appear frail and incomplete
In a vast field of bales she runs
From the deepest valley past the sun
[Pre-Chorus]
Opening up the vault
To find spinning tops in play
Embedded nested yarn
Diverting from the gates
[Chorus]
But once the faint elusive moans
Evaporate in the morning light
All deserted yearnings come to life
Surface from the dark to realize
How in a vast field she runs
From the deepest valley past the sun
[Verse]
All this time
Witness to the changing tides
All the while
Finding ways how to make sense of all the lights
To shake the winds
To shake the currents and the rigid hives we're living in
All this time
Witness to the changing tides
[Outro]
Idle as a wave
Moving out at sea
Cruising without sound
Molding what's to be
Serene between the trails
Serene with the time and ink of a ghost
With the Ink of a Ghost was written by José González.
With the Ink of a Ghost was produced by José González.
José González released With the Ink of a Ghost on Tue Feb 17 2015.