| Roky Erickson – If You Have Ghosts Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Pagans use a symbol called the triple moon which shows a full moon in the middle with a waxing crescent moon to the left and a waning one to the right. These represent three stages of life. In many pagan traditions, the three moons are described in female terms (in accordance with the goddess that many pagans worship). The waxing crescent represents the maiden (hence youth) and the waning crescent represents the crone (old age, death). The writer refers to "the moon to the left of me"; from the writer's perspective he is referring to old age. The future is clearly on his mind, ghosts are often a metaphor for memories and one's past. I think the lyrics are about never learning from mistakes, the ghosts should enable you to (have everything) but for us imperfect humans they don't. | |
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