The Ghost Inside Our House

I think that the Ghost in the house is his son, kaiden. He doesn't want the memory of Kaiden to leave "Oh Love, don't leave me by myself Or I'm bound to lose my meaning" it could also be his wife- but my favorite part is

"I'm going to find the creator An old man in the clouds or a happy little alien Whoever it is I need to thank her

And even though I don't know God I'm happy with the mystery"

I completely believe it. He captures the confusion in my own faith, and i connect deeply to those words. Knowing there must be something greater out there.

I love this song, it's possibly my favorite song by cloud cult. So beautiful and elegant.

ugh, dead children are never something to be spoken about. every time i look at lyrics here it has someone go "THIS IS A SONG ABOUT HIS DEAD SON!!" and it just makes me cringe. Yeah, it's obvious, everyone is thinking it, no one needs to say it. it's one thing that he writes songs about it, that's his right, that's how he copes, and calling attention to it does just that, call attention to something that is simply upsetting and senseless. it just makes me uncomfortable, and i think it would make anyone with children uncomfortable. two cents.

First off, amiantos, it is a sad thing when a child dies but covering the fact that it happens up like some dirty secret will only make it hurt worse.

This song, to me, is about transition. At first he is singing about feeling desperately alone, and pleading for a miracle. But then, he realizes "it's a miracle ust to be breathing" and his outlook begins to change. He realizes that God's identity isn't all that important, and that he's thankful for what he's been given instead of wanting more. He also discovers how much he loves his significant other, because their singing fills him with the same awe as his thoughts of the mysterious creator. He reveres them in an almost religious way. And, finally, he wants to settle down and have a family, and that's the only rigid lines of belief he needs. Now he's ready to look for ghosts again, but instead of it being a desperate grasp at fulfilment, it's an optimism "that we live on, may we live on, in our song, our hummable song."

The first time I heard this song I had not know about the death of the singers son, so my interpretation is different from the other ones. I think this song is about a guy searching for God. To him life is a sing a long, and he searches for ghost because he needs to know that after we're gone our hummalong doesn't end.