[Intro, instrumental, slow-paced banjo & fiddle picking, melancholy mandolin, building to a full band entry before settling into verse tempo] [Verse 1] A trail cam tied to an old pine limb In the cool, thin mountain air Caught a shadow movin’ through the gray Of a cold September day A bobcat, slow n' easy on her paws A rabbit swinging from her jaws Eight forty-eight in the autumn pines Though the dead ain’t counting time [Pre-Chorus] And the picture frames what the heart can’t keep The sigh of a soul released We freeze the moment to save the spark Before it fades into the dark [Chorus] Yeah, we’re keepin’ your ghost here Though you’re long gone Clingin' to the shade you left Of what’s left here Holding our breath like a hollow Can't lay you down, can't follow [Verse 2] That mountain cottontail swaying The hunter on her pendulum way Through the greasewood and the brush Beast too beautiful to touch Stripes on her haunches in the dimming light Autumn moon makin' her bright eyes wild Slides through the branches like a work of art Stealing what's still breathing from my beating heart [Bridge] Oh, little one, you’re wantin’ to go Where the wild things run and the cold winds blow But babe, give us back his form We’re holdin’ on, we're holdin’ on [Instrumental break, fiddle solo over driving banjo] [Chorus] Yeah, we’re keepin’ your ghost here Though you’re long gone Clingin' to the shade you left Of what’s left here Holding our breath like a hollow Can't lay you down, can't follow [Outro] Well, she’s carrying the host here We’d love back to livin' Bringin' back the heartache we bin given [Fading mandolin]
