Haunted
| Title | Haunted |
|---|---|
| Artist | Poe |
| Album | Haunted |
| Release Date | 2000-10-31 |
| Description | “Haunted”, the song which shares its name with the album, is about the burden of the past and how it can affect someone’s life in the present. It’s a declaration that Poe will be addressing the past head on, to deal with it and move forward with her life. Poe seems to have had a rather tough relationship with her father (one of her more famous songs, “Hello”, features the line mothers are trails on stars in the night/fathers are black holes that suck up the light, which requires little interpretation). After her father’s death, Poe and her brother stumbled upon tapes recorded by her father, tapes which are heavily features throughout the album. Therefore, the ghost and the echoes Poe is talking about in this song are her father and the messages he left behind. |
| Lyrics | [Chorus] Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba [Verse 1] Come here Pretty please? Can you tell me where I am? You, won't you say something? I need to get my bearings I'm lost and the shadows keep on changing [Hook] And I'm haunted By the lives that I have loved And actions I have hated I'm haunted By the lies that wove the web Inside my haunted head [Chorus] Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba [Verse 2] Don't cry There's always a way Here in November, in this house of leaves we'll pray Please, I know it's hard to believe To see a perfect forest Through so many splintered trees You and me and these shadows keep on changing You might also like[Hook] And I'm haunted By the lives that I have loved And actions I have hated I'm haunted By the promises I've made And others I have broken I... I'm haunted By the lies that wove the web Inside my haunted head [Bridge] Always, always I'll always want you I'll always need you I'll always love you And I will always miss you [Chorus] Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba Ba. dah. ba-ba [Verse 3] Come here No, I won't say please One more look at the ghost Before I'm gonna make it leave Come here I've got the pieces here Time to gather up the splinters Build a casket for my tears [Outro] I'm haunted By the lies that I have loathed I'm haunt I'm haunted By the hallways in this tiny room The echoes there of me and you The voices that are carrying this tune |