Sweet Ghost of Light Releases Gigs Lyrics

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Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 12 times, most recently at Robyn & Emma's house on March 19, 2025. He first performed it at Slim's on November 17, 2011, 13 years and 4 months earlier.
Title Artist Label Type Year
Eye Robyn Hitchcock Twin/Tone; Glass Fish Records Album 1990
I Wanna Go Backwards Robyn Hitchcock Yep Roc Records Album 2007
Venue Billed As City State Country Date
Slim's Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 11/17/2011
The Bell House Robyn Hitchcock New York New York US 11/19/2011
St. Leonard's Church Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 11/26/2011
McCabe's Robyn Hitchcock Santa Monica California US 01/21/2012
Old Town School of Folk Music Robyn Hitchcock Chicago Illinois US 10/13/2012
Arts at the Armory Robyn Hitchcock Somerville Massachusetts US 11/12/2014
The Chapel Robyn Hitchcock San Francisco California US 03/03/2020
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 07/01/2020
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift Nashville Tennessee US 07/03/2020
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 08/22/2021
Robyn and Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock London England UK 02/09/2022
Robyn & Emma's house Robyn Hitchcock Nashville Tennessee US 03/19/2025

Lyrics

Sweet ghost of light
When you appear
You fall around me
Everywhere
I see your face
As you pass by
As fragile as
A dragonfly
You jab me in
The kidneys like
A compass or
An iron spike
But I can't help
Believing you
Because I love
The things you do

Sweet ghost of light
I've lived too long
I'd die for you
Inside this song
The sweetest death
That I can dream
Like petals flowing
Down a stream
That turn to blood
As they dissolve
And it's around
You I revolve

Sweet ghost of light
You'll never fade
By nothing else
Are you betrayed
You fill me 'til
I'm empty and
You empty me
Like grains of sand
I love you more
Than anyone
Beneath the moon
Beneath the sun