[Verse 1]
I walked the river line
Where the reeds still lean and pray
In the dust of broken yards
I heard the old names say
Stone by stone, the market sleeps
With fruit-marks in the air
I can almost see the hands
That made a life out there
[Pre-Chorus]
And the past won't stay buried
It keeps its footsteps near
Every cracked red wall
Still holds a sigh I hear
[Chorus]
Ghosts of Cambodia
Hold the morning whole
Ghosts of Cambodia
In the dust and gold
What we were
What we lost
Still burns inside
Still comes across
[Verse 2]
Rice fields in the hot sun
Like mirrors made of time
Children by the canal bank
Laughing in a line
Every door had a heartbeat
Every bowl had its song
Before the years came down hard
And tore the days along
[Pre-Chorus]
But the earth remembers
Even when we don't
Every seed beneath the dark
Says what the silence won't
[Chorus]
Ghosts of Cambodia
Hold the morning whole
Ghosts of Cambodia
In the dust and gold
What we were
What we lost
Still burns inside
Still comes across
[Bridge]
Let the temple shadows rise
Let the jasmine cross the night
Let the mothers, let the daughters
Carry forward light
Not the ruin, not the shame
Not the hand that broke the bread
Just the living, just the rising
Just the voices left unsaid
[Final Chorus]
Ghosts of Cambodia
Hold the morning whole
Ghosts of Cambodia
In the dust and gold
What we were
What we will be
Still burns inside
Still lives in me
[Outro]
I hear you in the rain
I hear you in the trees
Cambodia, Cambodia
Stay with me, please
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