| Mumford & Sons – Ghosts That We Knew Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think the song is about a suicidal person, and their friend. "You saw my pain, washed out in the rain And broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins." I see this as the suicidal person's struggles with cutting. "But you saw no fault, no cracks in my heart And you knelt beside my hope torn apart." The friend doesn't judge the suicidal person for their actions, and wants to help them cope with whatever they're dealing with. "But the ghosts that we knew Will flicker from view And we'll live a long life." The friend helps the suicidal person cope with their ghosts - their struggles - until they are mere flickers, and their is no threat of suicide. "So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light Cos oh they gave me such a fright." The friend was scared that the suicidal person would die, that they would lose them. The struggles got so big to the point of suicide. "But I will hold as long as you like Just promise me we'll be alright." The friend promises to be there for the suicidal person for "as long as they like", but wants a promise that the suicidal person won't attempt suicide again. "So lead me back, turn south from that place And close my eyes to my recent disgrace." The suicidal person wants to stop, and start over, and "get back on the right track". --- |
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