Floating
Lost and found - unleashed
Guided by a ghost light
A vessel on the open sea
Lost and found - unleashed
A travel back in time
A pilgrim's quest for purity
And I am
Back where I began
A poet with a soul
A mind without control
And I am
Back where it began
A hungry ghost is what I am
No love, no fear
We are floating here
Lost and found - unleashed
Following the path
To the place where you once welcomed me
Lost and found - unleashed
A travel back in time
A futile quest for memories
And I am
Back where I began
A poet with a soul
A mind without control
And I am
Back where it began
Rerun the tape for me, my friend
No love, no fear
We are floating here
Guided by a ghost light
A vessel on the open sea
A travel back in time
A pilgrim's quest for purity
Back where I began
A poet with a soul
A mind without control
Back where it began
A hungry ghost is what I am
No love, no fear
We are floating here
Following the path
To the place where you once welcomed me
A travel back in time
A futile quest for memories
Back where I began
A poet with a soul
A mind without control
Back where it began
Rerun the tape for me, my friend
No love, no fear
We are floating here
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As Frank Spinath posted at seabound.de:
The lyrics are a blend of many personal things and they mean a lot to me. Part of them is inspired by virtual trips into my past. This can be a very emotional experience as I allow myself to re-live all the details I remember. At the time when I wrote Floating, I felt that I had changed for the worse and I had the strong wish to go back.
Part of the lyrics are inspired by the Chinese Yue Lann Festival. For one long lunar month during the Hungry Ghost Festival, ghosts are said to roam the earth. I was fascinated by the idea that there might be a time when all members of the underworld are fully active in the world of the living. Chinese tradition categorizes these spirits: ancestors, who are usually benevolent, and ghosts, who are quite the opposite.
A third source for the lyrics to "Floating" was Stephen King's "IT" in which a malevolent clown lures children into the underworld. The line "We are (all) floating here" is from that book.