Ghosts Embodied - Nahko and Medicine For The People

Well I’d like to be enjoying the height of a giant

Or the will of a great chief’s son

But I’m somewhere in the middle, with my feet slippin' off the pedals

I’m a two-legged, bent at wounded knee

And my silence turned to thoughts, am I in constant disbelief

I exist personified as the truth

Do I live life like a thief, or am I just reading energy

That which I teach, through my teeth becomes what I preach

Oh I sure would like to live without the burden of commitment

Not attached to any person, place or thing

But it’s such a heavy load to carry nowhere alone

I am hopeful but tiring

Because some of us are ghost embodied

Like a face or a figure in the flesh

What you saw was a reflection of a moment

It was never really ever there

It was never really ever there

Well I sure would like to thrust all my shadows to the dust

Or purify and may justice be served

Such an old man for a young man, understanding what he can

Of a blessing and of a curse

I’m a ghost taking a form, a very temporary form

May it be uncommonly found in a grove

I choose a community of trees over a community of buildings

And I know I don’t seek this alone

Yes, I know I don’t seek this alone

Because some of us are ghost embodied

Like a face or a figure in the flesh

What you saw was a reflection of a moment

It was never really ever there

It was never really ever there

Well I’d like to set afoot, and have myself a look

Round the bend of the great red road

I would offer up a pipe, for the chorus for my life

With the guidance and wisdom to know

That

Some of us are ghost embodied

Like a face or a figure in the flesh

What you saw was a reflection of a moment

It was never really ever there

It was never really ever there

I choose a community of trees over a community of buildings

And I know I don’t seek this alone

I choose a community of trees over a community of buildings

And I know I don’t seek this alone