Ghost In This House - Alison Krauss
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ส.ค. 2013
- Written by Hugh Prestwood and popularized by Shenandoah, this version appears on Alison Krauss' 1999 album "Forget About It."
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Lyrics:
I don't pick up the mail
I don't pick up the phone
I don't answer the door
I'd just as soon be alone
I don't keep this place up
I just keep the lights down
I don't live in these rooms
I just rattle around
I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shadow upon these walls
As quietly as a mouse I haunt these halls
I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
It took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house
I don't mind if it rains
I don't care if it's clear
I don't mind stayin in
There's another ghost here
She sits down in your chair
And she shines with your light
And she lays down her head
On your pillow at night
I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shell of the man I was
A living proof of the damage heartbreak does
I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
It took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shadow upon these walls
As quietly as a mouse I haunt these halls
I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
It took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house
Oh-oh, I'm just a ghost in this house. - เพลง
This singer is perfection. The song is very personal to me, having lost a wonderful wife, at 48. Cancer.
I was fortunate to see Alison and Union Station live last year, what a night!
Thanks for putting this beautiful compilation of images together.
+george stacey Just want to say, I'm sorry for your loss.
+Jeff R. Just to say Thankyou.
+george stacey Same story here. 5 years soon. It gets easier, but this song always kind of brings it back.
+Cynthia Campbell You know that gap in your life now. My loss was many more years ago, but she was my lifeblood.my soulmate. Time passes, the loss does not, for me. Fortunately I am a buoyant person, but today I had a Christmas letter from the Hospice, asking for more funds............heart-breaking. Best wishes to you.
+george stacey ~ I can relate.
40 years ago, (this weekend in fact) I met the man of my dreams. We married in May of '84. We had 2 beautiful children, 12 years apart (medical issues on my behalf). Though we went through struggles, We NEVER gave up on each other, our marriage and our family. He passed away suddenly on July 4th, 2021. My 💔 heart was shattered and continues to be, because I went from being an 18 year old kid living at home with my parents, to being married. There was always taking care of me. I am a mere ghost in my home now. Time melts together. Most days, I have no idea what day it actually is. I was today years old when I found this beautiful song.
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My dad played this song by Shenendoah over and over after my mom left us to start another life. I was 11 years old... but I still remember the loss the feeling and emptiness. How he ached for my mom to come home. Now, that he's passed without ever reconciling, and never remarried... I have my own tears to cry to this song. It grasps the truth of pain when losing someone by choice or death... Grateful for good music and beautiful voices.
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That's so sad for all of you. 😭
Her voice is so pure. She is in a league of her own.
When youve lost something you know youll never be able to replace and youre hollow. You just go through the motions because inside youve died but your body just hasnt caught up yet.
And then one day the smoke does lift. God intervenes. Bless you brother Alex. Lexi
Absolutely!
I lost my wife 2 years today and this song still explains how I feel
Lost my soul mate 16 and 9 mths ago and l never be whole again
What if you feel this way,, but live in a house full of people? But everyone has there head in their phone or refuse to see what a shell you have become.
When I hear this song , I think of my Daddy , when my Moma had passed on to live in Heaven and what his feelings and thoughts were days in and nights. I tear up and miss the both so much. Now they are both in Heavens Home. I Love you Moma and Daddy and my brother Blane. 💜💚💙
Allison Krauss sounds and looks like a angel.
She’s more than an angel if that’s possible.
Couldn't say it better brother!
If the Angels don't sound like her, I will be disappointed...🤷
Absolutely agree!!!
In my opinion, Alison is the best female country singer out there. I have never heard her hit a bad note. She is an amazing musician and she surrounds herself with other fantastic musicians and singers.
It is almost criminal that talented artists like this aren't played on Country radio stations.
Yes! Bc modern pop country has taken over, you'll have to get in with a bluegrass station to hear her. Such a shame.
I agree totally, she has the voice of an angel, even Dolly Parton said so
Absolutely, this is such pure talent!!
Noone knows for sure but i think its safe to say this is what an angel would sound like
Her voice is so pure it is like a ringing bell in perfect pitch. I learned of her because of the Raising Sand album with Robert Plant. I knew all about him, for sure!
Wish granted
This is the way I feel since lost my husband to cancer...Love and miss him so.
I believe she probably has the best female voice I've ever heard sing so effortless and pure if I could hear a angel sing It would sound a lot like her
She is my Dad’s favorite..says her voice is perfection, sounds like an angel..after hearing her sing this song I’m inclined to agree..❤️
I just lost my husband age 51 last Sunday he loved this song and her version. Been a rough week. You wake up one day a your other half gone. Your whole life goes upside down and changes drastically.
Hi TamiLou. It’s not easy losing a husband , I speak from experience. I was widowed at 49 years. Praying for you
I lost my husband in June. This is exactly what I am now, with no heart and no soul. Just a ghost.
TamLou, may you find peace and the Lord keep you. I couldn't imagine... Lexi
@@cherylmandrackie5884 May you feel God's presence Cheryl.
I lost my husband in an accident at home in April 2018. Yes, this is how it feels.... thank you, Alison.
I remember when that happened, I was watching a lot of homestead videos at the time. I think of you often. I hope you are doing well.
I lost my husband to Covid in January...this is exactly how I feel...
@@thevictorianedge5465 yes, I'm doing as good as possible. Thanks for asking.
@@lolashelle I'm so sorry...
Good luck, and God Bless, sweetheart.
The voice of a ANGEL, AND THE LOOKS OF A BEAUTIFULWOMAN!! I'VE LOVED HER SINCE I FIRST SAW & HEARD HER. ❤❤ .. GWP.
Absolute Bliss. This is the saddest song in the world. And perfectly sung.
Allison Krause is a gift to American music.
Virgil Caine I have to disagree. She’s not a gift to American music. She’s a blessing to the world’s music. ❤️ See what I did there? Lol
Brings tears
How does she sound so good with absolutely no vibrato in her voice?
@Alison Krauss OH YES!!! She has such Perfect vocal control
that she uses it WHEN SHE WANTS TO!!! It's very rapid and she
uses it to "Mold" a song. Harry In Cartersville...Ex Drummer
who just discovered this jewel only 3 or 4 months ago. I'm
an addict for her music now!!!
It hurts when you lose the love of your life, & you never get to say goodbye.!!! No car to get there before he passed... Never got to say goodbye... That's pain..
The song A Ghost in This House by Alison Krauss is definitely the true meaning of how a person feels when the love of their life is no longer with them.
Yes
Definitely
Amen to those words -- It's May/2020 and I lost my wife of 51 years last June -- I've always been a big Allison Krauss fan --- what a talent!!! It certainly hits home with me. David J
She didn't write it
@@pocahon8460 She doesn't have to had written it to own it, which she does in this heartbreaking, soul crushing version.... I just don't know another song, or another artist who reaches this level of truth in music........
It’s been almost 10years still waiting on one man in my life but listening to this song makes me feel like the real ghost in the house. It gives me closure Thank you Alison.
My mother plays this song all the time after my dad passed, and it hurts my heart
Two years ago, I lost my husband and this CD was in his car. I never listen to it and only until two months ago, I listened to the entire songs. My daughter 37, lost her husband, and i found this song so personal to both of us. She lives with me, and each verse is so close to home. We both share the lost of our husbands, we both live in the same house, parts of the song belong to me and parts belong to her. The song is unbelievable and the fact that my husband left it in his car for us to share in this absolutely wonderful, it makes it a gift from someone. Thank you Jesus.
This is definitely the spiritual side of country music
Ive never fit in anywhere. Allison makes me feel better
AMAZING!? Even my doggies stop what they are doing and come over and want a hug when I play this.
I get goosebumps every time I listen to this song. Alison has such an incredible voice!
You really get "GHOST" Bumps... Booooo!!! Happy Halloween 2020
I know I shouldn't love this song so much, because it has the ability to keep me a prisoner in grief......but in fact it allows me to release my grief.....I have experienced this sorrow.....but my mind knows that i need to feel this song and thus release my grief
WHAT BEAUTIFUL EXPRESSSIONS OF WHAT ONCE WAS, THIS SONG IS MUCH DEEPER THAN MANY MAY RELIZE, I TRUELY LOVE WHAT SHE SHARES IN THIS SONG...
On of my favorite songs ever...she did a GREAT job!!
This unbelievable song touches my heart in so many ways. I have lost two husbands and I know I will be alone forever. Alison Krause’ music is a great comfort to me. Her songs are like comforting prayers. May God bless her.
Glad this lovely music is a comfort to you. God bless.
you may not be alone reach out
Dan and Ron are painfully on point.
Still listening in 2021❤️
Alison makes this song timeless. With God at our side, all things are possible. We lost our father last July. I held him as he took his last breaths. My mother is still struggling, especially through these past holidays. For all who are hurting, may the good Lord ease your pain and give you comfort. You are not alone.
She has the most angelic voice.
The patience and precise control Alison has over her voice is awesome! Not a note rushed, deceptively gentle, no extra little frilly trills to disguise weak phrasing or breath control.
This song is all the more pitiful being sung in that sweet, high child-like voice. Every other singer can't hold a candle to the pain portrayed here just for the timbre of that voice.
One of the best songs ever and the lyrics are amazing.
this girl has the best voice sings country music I love her music.
Her voice is so beautiful. Love her!
Beautiful voice and beautiful lady. One of her very best songs. No one can sing this like she can.
This song was meant for Alison what a unbelievable voice , best female singer on the planet period!!!!!!!
Beautiful, amazing, for anyone who has been lonely and lost, this song speaks to you
Yes, it does! I feel lost without my husband. We were married for 32 days when he died suddenly at age 48. This song is exactly how I feel.
Amen brother.
Wow Rainy Days....that really sux...sorry for the hurt you hold inside.
I have no words for the emotions this evokes in me :(
I am still returning here 3 years later, I lost my dad, I lost everything, the only person I loved, but I am so thankful also for what he gave to me, and I am living a good life, trying to fulfil all I can in life
Alison voice is perfection
I love her voice, but it makes me cry. That is disturbing to an old man.
Alison has a beautiful way of singing exactly what the heart feels.Thank you Alison for your gift !
Yes, she does. And so does Mary Chapin Carpenter.
She has a voice of an angel 😇❤
One of the most beautiful voice in music ♡ her voice beautiful song # 1 song ♡
Jesus, her voice is piercing in this song. Truly moving.
A voice of a angel
Greatest voice for a female period! This girl can sing the phone book ! And nail it !!
Alison Krause singing I'm Just a Ghost in this House the most beautiful love story ever heard. Alison captures our hearts wrapping each in debilitating sadness. And, a spirit rises from the ashes as the Phoenix never dies.
There is just one word for this song, and for Alison Krauss's voice. . . . . . . . . ."pure."
Brings every memory of loss to the surface....emotions etall
Alison's voice makes the tears flow. She is truly blessed by God. Such beauty and perfection.
So many beautiful people feel like this right now
The Coronavirus has taken so many beautiful lives and still taking people from the earth daily
I think Many of us have gone through this much pain and can write a song that we all love.
Voice of an Angle 🌹
amazing woman with an amazing voice
Can't think of anyone better than her to sing this song. What a fine artist her angelic voice smooths out the rough edges of life to an acceptable level. What a great song for her also what great lyrics.
Her voice is as beautiful as she is. I just love to listen to her mesmerising voice. She can melt all your cares away
This is a great hymn to lost love. In my case it was divorce. Could be other. I learned to play it on guitar because Alison's version was the first I heard. Hugh is here on YT and worth listening to. We all have ghosts, even if we are not one.
Be nice and hope you don't cause one.
This song is absolute perfection and absolute heartbreak. The lyrics are SO well written, (thank you, Hugh Prestwood) and the melody is perfect. The version by the band Shenandoah was wonderful but cannot compare to the hauntingly beautiful rendition by the angelic Alison Kraus. Kudos to the band and the background singers as well. The harmonies were perfect. Alison has the voice of an angel.
So beautiful she sang on CMT artist 2018 with Kelsea Ballerini
It's been 5 years since my husband died I'm not over it.
When you love someone that's real. This is what it is like
💔😞🦊💜 exactly what I’m living rn
Every song she sings is perfect. She plays a mean fiddle too. On top of all that, she attracts amazing talents to make music with her. She is an angel sent to this earth to show us mere mortals what the angels sound like when they decide it's time to sing a few songs.
My hubby passed away 4/6/2023... i feel this song and words right to my core...unfathomable pain and emptiness.....
i'm in love with that song
me too!!!
And me
Amazing and haunting !!!
My dad picked this beautiful song for his choir to sing and it just reminds me how music can change the world and how pretty and sad it can be. It is really sad that people don’t appreciate how much work people have to do to get an absolutely beautiful result
When I was a little kid I found a random cd in the attic a bunch of burned songs on it this was one of them as a 7 year old It creeped me tf out to this day its still an odd way to find a song like this
I love you Christina Mae Bush.....always and forever..!!!!!
Absolutely Breath Taking, and wonderfully amazing
This song touches a lot of people who have lost their love. I wish I could hug ALL of you........
They don't call her Alison (the Voice)Krauss for nothing, Love this song beautiful!!
One word to describe Alison Krauss. Perfection.
This is a beautiful song, but very sad. Alison has such a lovely voice--I would love to see her and Union Station perform live! Until then, I guess I'll have to keep watching their videos.😊💒
I love the lyrics. "I'm just a whisper of smoke..."
"I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire" Yes. Me too.
I, love here.!!
I've lived here, with a man of 16 years, raised his girls, there mom didn't know how to Stay out of jail
Alison is AMAZING, and this Prestwood lyric is incredible. Songwriters eat your hearts out!
She is and has always been an amazing musician!! Violin to vocals she is one of the greatest!! Her voice cuts right to the core of my soul. Her voice has this angelic yet sweet and seductive quality that is almost hypothesizing.
The most beautiful voice! My favorite version❤️❤️
Such a beautiful song
Besser geht es nicht 😍
I can so relate to this song.. love of my life died at 33..it's been 36 yrs and nothing has changed..the pain remains ,Nobody could ever take his place..
Carolyn Jackson I’ve learned that just because we share a commonality, one will never be able to compare or feel an ounce of the hurt and sadness that resides within us. That being said, I too lost my everything almost exactly a year ago, he was 35 it was unexpected and tragic.. it becomes easier to say to those around me that I’m okay, but I’m merely pacifying those that just don’t get it. Heal? Healing would suggest I have a wound. I don’t have a wound, I am missing my soul, my heart, my world - it left me when he did. I can’t put a bandage on that and it will forever remain, I’m just learning to live without, not suicidal but I’m also no going to rush out of the way of an incoming missle and I’ll not be a hero stepping in front of a child about to get hit, I will only be greedily jumping my place in line. I’m just a whisper of smoke.. I’m all that’s left of two hearts on fire.. I can keep breathing, keep going because of one fact- one day I will see him again. Each day I awake, wondering, will it be today? Some days I feel like a prepubescent youth waiting for love to find me, dreaming of what might be..feeling as if it’s so far away. Best of luck Carolyn :(, you are not alone
Please don't think I'm making light of your loss, or the obvious pain accompanied by that. But you have a tremendous amount of time to be thankful for with such an amazing love. I'm 53 and have never known love like you've experienced. I am trying to grow old gracefully, but it gets harder with each passing year. I would encourage you to celebrate what you have that can never be taken away, memories... As for me, I'm left with nothing.
@@toddrandall3959 very well put
Not a country music fan; but this chick makes my heart melt.
That is a voice given by God. And she plays music too. Can not ever get enough of this beautiful lady.
Ever.
Lost my wife due to liver cancer.Last month. This was one of her favorite. Eventhough this song sure relates too the way I feel right now.
My favourite female country singer, what a song what a voice ❤️
My favorite song by allison Krauss & and union station
I love her voice her eyes are piercing
Dan Tyminski's harmony is spot on. I love this tune.
I was asking the Lord as I was listening to this song, " Father what do you do when you did EVERYTHING correct and you still loose? He told me, Son then you know EXACTLY what I felt while enduring the Cross. For I had done nothing wrong and yet paid with my life.
Jim Jordan
couldn't say it much better than that
WOW!! Powerful!! Thank you for sharing. God bless you Jim
Wow BEAUTIFUL
God never lost though.. Jesus didn't lose ... HE WON! right? or am I missing something here.
Wish I heard more music like hers on the radio guess that’s why I don’t listen to the radio anymore
My husband died today, Christmas 2021. I miss you so much already Willard. It is a house, but no longer a home.
Hope you are pressing through. Its by the Grace of God for me. My dearest friend, sweet husband and LOVE of my life moved home near a month ago. God bless you.
So beautiful, my husband loved her voice. I didn't play this one for him, but have played it many many times over the last six years since he died. Because, I am just a ghost in this house. I love my ghost he is with always. When you have had the best, nothing else will do.
I came out to my mom and at first she was so supportive but then she just changed and listening to this song (been listening to this my whole life) has me crying in my kitchen in the dark at midnight. I can feel the pain physically in my chest. I cant even explain it to her.
This song sends chils down my spin... song has such strong meaning.. and to see someone u love dearly feel the same way this song says.. breaks u more than the loss itself
It amazes me how few folks understand this is a song about a loveless marriage.
I had interpreted it the same way, my wife questioned me. So I did a search and found an article where the songwriter said his wife had been in a minor car accident, but it got him thinking about what could have been if it happened differently (if she had died). It's the part where "He sits in your chair", etc that made me think of a loveless marriage, as well. I guess we were mistaken. He also mentioned he likes to visualize while composing and he pictured a large house with one light on upstairs.
Im all whats left of two heart's fire that onece burned out of control
I’m just a shadow upon these walls. As quietly as a mouse I haunt these halls. I’m just a whisper if smoke.
After losing my sons dad a couple months ago at the age of 36, this songs speaks to me. It’s a biography of my life after he died. It’s a unimaginable kind of pain that will never go away. You stop loving and just surviving. 💔