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There's a ghost in my bedroom
It haunts me and I
I've asked him to leave but he keeps stopping by
Just when I think I'm alone
It shows up again with a friend this time
And now this is getting old
I don't know what to do
Metaphorically this ghost is you
Now this ghost in my bedroom
It gives me advice
He promised one day that he'd teach me to fly
Now when I think I'm alone
He comes up my way with a devil smile
Singing "This is now my home
You're my wish come true.
When you reach that floating cloud
I'll be there with you."
If there are monsters in the closet
I don't think I will be surprised
I hear them crawl out from my window
They try to trick me to come outside
(I won't let you down)
When he talked all day
I can't tell if he's real or a made up version of her again
Never alone cause I got you
Get this out of my head
No I won't waste away my life
On to something new
If there's only one way out
I'll come back for you.
If I get stuck out there forever
Tell everyone that I said good-bye
And that my life-long list of wishes
That I could bring you back
We don't belong here now
If he stays well that just means
I've got numbered days till I go back to my little world
Where it's just me and my imaginary friends
So go on love
Find a new direction
Save my heart
Keep it for protection
Don't get stuck on your way
The other side's a scary place
Do your best not to be afraid
Lose it all when we run away
Let it go
All the little things you know I do
There's a ghost in my bedroom
And he's dying to meet you
God knows he's heard all about you
Our guest is friendly enough though
Always sneaking roses in your bed
(There's a ghost in my bedroom, aaahhh)
He says he won't let you down
But he will he will he will
(There's a ghost in my bedroom, aaahhh)
He will he will he will
We're the one's crashing down
We're the one's crashing down
(There's a ghost in my bedroom, aaahhh)
(He will he will he will)
We're the one's crashing down
We're the one's crashing down
(There's a ghost in my bedroom, aaahhh)
Softly, slowly , how can I come down?
I want you to notice when I let go
(There's a ghost in my bedroom, aaahhh)
Softly, slowly , how can I come down?
I want you to notice when I let go
There's a ghost in my bedroom, aaahhh
It haunts me and I
I've asked him to leave but he keeps stopping by
Just when I think I'm alone
It shows up again with a friend this time
And now this is getting old
I don't know what to do
Metaphorically this ghost is you
It gives me advice
He promised one day that he'd teach me to fly
Now when I think I'm alone
He comes up my way with a devil smile
Singing "This is now my home
You're my wish come true.
When you reach that floating cloud
I'll be there with you."
I don't think I will be surprised
I hear them crawl out from my window
They try to trick me to come outside
(I won't let you down)
When he talked all day
I can't tell if he's real or a made up version of her again
Never alone cause I got you
Get this out of my head
On to something new
If there's only one way out
I'll come back for you.
Tell everyone that I said good-bye
And that my life-long list of wishes
That I could bring you back
We don't belong here now
If he stays well that just means
I've got numbered days till I go back to my little world
Where it's just me and my imaginary friends
Find a new direction
Save my heart
Keep it for protection
Don't get stuck on your way
The other side's a scary place
Do your best not to be afraid
Lose it all when we run away
Let it go
All the little things you know I do
And he's dying to meet you
God knows he's heard all about you
Our guest is friendly enough though
(There's a ghost in my bedroom, aaahhh)
He says he won't let you down
But he will he will he will
He will he will he will
We're the one's crashing down
We're the one's crashing down
(He will he will he will)
We're the one's crashing down
We're the one's crashing down
Softly, slowly , how can I come down?
I want you to notice when I let go
Softly, slowly , how can I come down?
I want you to notice when I let go
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I mean wow.
This song is so weird... it isn't until you listen to it at least 15 times, and heard all of the albums, that you get it.
I finally realized that he's literally talking about 'that same girl' they've been talking about.
"There's a ghost in my bedroom It haunts me and I I've asked him to leave but he keeps stopping by Just when I think I'm alone It shows up again with a friend this time"
This song is about lingering love. That point in love when you've been broken up with someone for a while, and yet you're still in love with the OLD them. That idea of the person they once were.
"When he talked all day I can't tell if he's real or a made up version of her again Never alone cause I got you Get this out of my head
No I won't waste away my life On to something new"
In this song, he goes back and forth with who he is now, and the person he was when he loved her/when he was with her. At the end of the day, he knows he will never have her back in the same way from before, and he knows she isn't good for him; which is why he talks about 'his ghost'
"There's a ghost in my bedroom And he's dying to meet you God knows he's heard all about you Our guest is friendly enough though
Softly, slowly , how can I come down? I want you to notice when I let go"
The end is basically the feeling of him conquering his "ghost". He's looking at him head on and fighting that feeling, and making sure that SHE knows he's let her go. Physically anyway.
Overall, this is an amazing song about the aftermath of a love that's lost.
Lovely classic Mayday.