In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
There's a room in my house
Where I stumble over a memory
There's a light in the night
And I wonder if you've come back for me
Well it's a little too late to say sorry
But don't be so hard on me
Ghost, you know I can't go back
Come like a whisper in silence
A brush on my skin
A shadow that flies by door
I'm wanting more
Well it's a little too late to say sorry
But don't be so hard on me
Ghost, you know I can't go back
Like a song in my ear you are near me
Here like a time machine
Ghost you keep pulling me back
But, If you've been here all the while
Watching me drift by and by
Waiting for something to fill me up
Ghost close your eyes
I can silence the voice in my head
And hear you instead
Whisper and sing for me again
Rise from the dead
Well it's a little too late to say sorry
But don't be so hard on me
Ghost, you know I can't go back
Like a song in my ear you are near me
Here like a time machine
Ghost you keep pulling me back
Sometimes you lose everything
Or gave it away well it's hard to say now
Where I stumble over a memory
There's a light in the night
And I wonder if you've come back for me
Well it's a little too late to say sorry
But don't be so hard on me
Ghost, you know I can't go back
Come like a whisper in silence
A brush on my skin
A shadow that flies by door
I'm wanting more
Well it's a little too late to say sorry
But don't be so hard on me
Ghost, you know I can't go back
Like a song in my ear you are near me
Here like a time machine
Ghost you keep pulling me back
But, If you've been here all the while
Watching me drift by and by
Waiting for something to fill me up
Ghost close your eyes
I can silence the voice in my head
And hear you instead
Whisper and sing for me again
Rise from the dead
Well it's a little too late to say sorry
But don't be so hard on me
Ghost, you know I can't go back
Like a song in my ear you are near me
Here like a time machine
Ghost you keep pulling me back
Sometimes you lose everything
Or gave it away well it's hard to say now
Lyrics submitted by LuvtheWeez
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