Holy Ground
- Sweeter than Fiction (TV) / Holy Ground (Eras Tour, Amsterdam)
- The Albatross / Holy Ground (Eras Tour, Indianapolis)
Looks back on a relationship that ended but was nonetheless sacred and real. The speaker is not mourning what was lost so much as honouring what existed, 'I was reminiscing just the other day.' The 'what might have been' register is present in the gratitude and wistfulness: the sense that this love deserved more time.
“I left a note on the door with a joke we'd made”
“And the story's got dust on every page”
“Tonight I'm gonna dance for all that we've been through, but I don't wanna dance if I'm not dancing with you”
“Spinning like a girl in a brand new dress”
seeing him everywhere
“I see your face in every crowd”
“I see you everywhere” — Death by a Thousand Cuts
Angela hears Death by a Thousand Cuts' I see you everywhere answered by Holy Ground's I see your face in every crowd, the same haunting of ordinary spaces by an absent face.