He's really intense in this song. It's heartbreaking.
The pace is kind of frantic in a way. It's like he's afraid of death, saddened by it, and intrigued by it too. That's just my thought.
Isn't it "we crave the things we push away"?
there's a lot wrong here ... feel free to correct.
comparing this song to long haul, it's a simple metaphor, yes?
"The third song on the album is called Ghost. It's about that Patrick Swayze movie. I'm just kidding...It's about the lead character in this novel called The Sea, and he goes back to the beach house where he spent his years as a child. As the book progresses you get this story of these weird things that happened with his neighbors and then about him meeting his wife and his wife dying of cancer and all his ruminations about death. And so it kind of- this year I've been kinda obsessed with death because my grandmother died, it kind of coincided with all the things I was thinking about."
It sounds to me like "haunted by the presence of..." but whatever, i don't really pay attention/have a lyrics sheet.
Lyrics are so wrong.
sorry, songmeanings.net took away "edit lyrics" for a really long time so even though i knew a few of the mistakes, i couldn't correct.
and to raconteur, i read about that interview too.
'I have no choice but to be vicious on my feet I never sleep, I never eat I am learning how to be lost completely I want to be found, be craved like things we push away These patterns cut like every day I need you to reach, I need you to need me'
possibly one of the most beautiful part of lyrics I ever read, especially the last sentence, he sings it so vulnerable too
Standing on a threshold, body out in flesh, cold Go ahead and celebrate the things you lost Try to breathe, to flex and release To cry and work out what underrate apartment (?)
could it be 'to cry and work out what the underrated part meant' ?
I was also fairly sure it was 'some kind of murky face' but yeah.. dunno :) looooove this song