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The Ghost Of You Lyrics
I threw out the photographs
Like yesterdays flowers
I tried to erase the past
But it won’t go away
I painted the second room
and cleared out the basement
and smelled some of your perfume
on the scarf that you made
the salvation army
collected your things
I gave them the jewelry
all the bracelets and rings
your clothes in black bin bags
I gave them away
I tried to move on
but the ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays
I threw out the photographs
Like yesterdays flowers
I tried to erase the past
But it won’t go away
I wake in the morning
And try to be brave
But it’s hard to move on
When the ghost of you stays
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The ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays
Like yesterdays flowers
I tried to erase the past
But it won’t go away
and cleared out the basement
and smelled some of your perfume
on the scarf that you made
collected your things
I gave them the jewelry
all the bracelets and rings
I gave them away
I tried to move on
but the ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays
Like yesterdays flowers
I tried to erase the past
But it won’t go away
And try to be brave
But it’s hard to move on
When the ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays
The ghost of you stays
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amazing song...
So, the girl died, right?
Perhaps the girl from Apollo 13.. perhaps she drowned.
I think the gil simply left him, and the ghost is more of a metaphorical one, like he's trying to erase all of the things that marked her presence in his life, but even then he still can't bring himself to forget her.
I heard its about his mother, or father
The line about 'yesterday's flowers' was the one that made me think she had died. Also...Salvation Army, clothes in black bin bags...doesn't sound to me like she just left him.