Artists
Greg Lake – vocals, guitar
Gary Moore – guitar
Tristram “Tris” Margetts – bass
Tommy Eyre – keyboards
Ted McKenna – drums
Written by Greg Lake, Tristram Margetts & Tony Benyon. Produced by Greg Lake.
“Haunted” was written by Greg Lake together with longtime friend and bassist Tris Margetts and rock cartoonist-artist Tony Benyon, who also contributed cover concepts and artwork to Lake’s solo records. Described by one retrospective as having a late-night, smoochy feel with a wind-instrument break, the song was one of the more subdued ballads on the album’s second side, alongside tracks like “I Don’t Know Why I Still Love You.” A live version, recorded in 1981 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, was later released on the 1995 live album King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Greg Lake in Concert. Manoeuvres turned out to be Lake’s final solo studio album.
Greg Lake – Haunted Lyrics
Rainy days, closed cafes,
drifting, haunting.
Hollow eyes, numb inside,
lonely and empty.
I’m searching for laughter,
for memories brought alive.
Places and faces and traces of you.
Darkened skies, spot lit lies,
aching, awaking.
Words return, why can’t we learn?
Love is forgiving and taking
and living in honesty.
Truth and affection
not cast to the sea.
Oh, oh what a fool I’ve been.
My pride let you go.
The eye of the storm remains.
Chillingly cruel, silently screaming your name.
Silence is pain.
Rainy days, closed cafes,
drifting, haunting.
Hollow eye, numb inside,
lonely and empty.
I’m searching for laughter,
for memories brought alive.
Places and faces and traces of you.
Oh, oh what a fool I’ve been.
My pride let you go.
The eye of the storm remains.
Chillingly cruel, silently screaming your name.
Silence is pain.
Rainy days,
forever and always
haunted by you.
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