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Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) Lyrics
Blur like a rocket
Torch like a dying sun
Snap like a dragon
Dive like a pelican
Kingdoms of my kingdom come
Skip like a prophet
Spit like a poet's gun
But say how long can this go on?
Stumbling before you speak
Stunning and stunning and stunning the black
You turn turncoat
Inward to seek out all your hopes
It's your signals
That hurts me most
We're in the middle
We're in the middle, Ghosts
We're in the middle
We're in the middle, Ghosts
Rule like a tyrant
Make like a valentine
Tear like a siren
Sulk like a sunken mine
Kingdoms of my kingdom come
It's all but one, so
Row like a felon
Drown like a captain's son
But say how long can this go on?
We're in the middle
We're in the middle Ghosts
We're in the middle
We're in the middle Ghosts
Stumbling before you speak
Stunning and stunning with canons to lead
And tigers tight
You scan the fields, someone dies tonight
It's tragic, but at least it's not you
We're in the middle
We're in the middle Ghosts
We're in the middle
We're in the middle Ghosts
We're in the middle
We're in the middle Ghosts
We're in the middle
We're in the middle Ghosts
Torch like a dying sun
Snap like a dragon
Dive like a pelican
Spit like a poet's gun
But say how long can this go on?
You turn turncoat
Inward to seek out all your hopes
It's your signals
That hurts me most
We're in the middle, Ghosts
We're in the middle, Ghosts
Make like a valentine
Tear like a siren
Sulk like a sunken mine
It's all but one, so
Drown like a captain's son
But say how long can this go on?
We're in the middle Ghosts
We're in the middle Ghosts
And tigers tight
You scan the fields, someone dies tonight
It's tragic, but at least it's not you
We're in the middle Ghosts
We're in the middle Ghosts
We're in the middle Ghosts
We're in the middle Ghosts
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Lyrics circulate through life and death, hence the apt title 'Ghosts'. 'Torch like a dying sun' Suns/stars eventually form red giants once all of their hydrogen is spent and they 'die'. Possibly taking this too literally, but this appears to be an obvious metaphor for progression in life. New beginnings and opportunities present themselves, even after drastic change or death has occurred. 'Kingdoms of my kingdom come' Kingdom come is a biblical term used to denote the 'next world', or more commonly heaven/the afterlife. Once again, an apparent reference to progression and change. 'We're in the middle, ghosts'. Ghosts are those who have died, but not yet crossed over into the afterlife. In a way, they're trapped in a sort of limbo. In other words, they're caught between the middle, between life and death. Correlating this with human emotion, it seems clear that the writer is either feeling lost, nostalgic, or both. Seems appropriate, given the track was released shortly after 3/4ths of the band had just reunited.
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