The Ghost Lyrics
The melody couldn't fit the song more perfectly. Very haunting, to tie in with the title. I had initially thought it was someone recalling a horrible event in their life, losing someone, and the memory of the deceased haunting them like a ghost. But the lyric "and I will remain" hints it is the ghost of the person who died recounting the event. Also, saying "the rescuers have withdrawn" implies that they are leaving this ghost behind. Great fucking song.
Good call tbarkerisafag. Terrible screen name but good attention to detail and interpretation. I agree!!! That one line "I will remain" says a lot.
Good call tbarkerisafag. Terrible screen name but good attention to detail and interpretation. I agree!!! That one line "I will remain" says a lot.
such a cool haunting song of a ghost left in a burnt down building.
this song gives me incredibly strong feelings each time I listen to it. it's poetry.
This could be a metaphor for someone who had a catastrophic loss of someone important to them, whether by death or breakup. The fire is the event that culminated in this loss, the people rushing for the door are the fair-weather friends who fled the drama of it all, the burned-out building is the remains of the relationship that was, and the ghost is, ironically, the living person left behind in that wreckage of a relationship that's still very real and dear and present to them, even as that other person and their mutual friends are all already long departed.