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If I walk down this hallway, tonight,
It's too quiet,
So I pad through the dark
And call you on the phone
Push your old numbers
And let your house ring
Til I wake you ghost.
Let him walk down your hallway
It's not this quiet
Slide down your receiver
Sprint across the wire
Follow my number
Slide into my hand.

It's the blaze across my nightgown
It's the phone's ring.

I think last night
You were driving circles around me.

I can't drink this coffee
Til I put you in my closet
Let him shoot me down
Let him call me off
I take it from his whisper
You're not that tough.
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Cover art for Your Ghost lyrics by Kristin Hersh

this song has got the same imagery as everything but the girl -missing "go past your door but you dont live there anymore, its years since you've been there' A person lost and unable or unwilling to move on, keeps checking back to the last place they were happy i love the line "i cant drink this coffee til i put you in my closet' the ghost is impairing her ability to sleep, eat and even drink but she thinks she can just lock these feelings away. she tries to take away his power by saying "your not that tough" it's a beautiful song

I love this interpretation. I love this song and I love love the cover (oh, the blasphemy) by Greg Laswell. I hadn't heard of Hersh until now. I like her a lot. :)

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referencing sade gets you an automatic plus! also I like and agree with your definition.

Cover art for Your Ghost lyrics by Kristin Hersh

Everyone should comment on this song. It's beautiful.

Michael Stipe of REM does an excellent job helping out Kristin.

Sometimes the memory of a person you love that has left haunts you.

Cover art for Your Ghost lyrics by Kristin Hersh

And how can you get over someone when you don't want to?....

Cover art for Your Ghost lyrics by Kristin Hersh

when i listen to this song it reminds me of when my grandad died, and i couldn't believe it, couldn't cope with it. and i used to ring his house, because his phone stayed connected for a whole month afterwards, and so i would call to hear his voice on the answering machine. and whenever the phone rang, there was this little part of me that thought it was him ringing, in the first few months after his death. so this song just reminds me of losing someone, anyone, and not being able to let go, but wanting to.

@hkbm It's been more than fourteen years since you wrote this comment, I don't know if you'll ever read this comment. But I am so touched by your reflection about your beloved grandfather. So touched. May he, and you, be blessed. Wow. So deep and beautiful and important. Thank you.

Cover art for Your Ghost lyrics by Kristin Hersh

I attempted to learn this song on guitar - my guitar playing was so pitiful I gave it up - the chord progression is so strange. It just goes around in circles. The first line is Am- G - D - Am. The second line is G-D-Am-G, the third line is D-Am-G-Am.
Kind of like the circular madness of the song.

It's proper musical insights like this that are sadly lacking from this site. Thank you

Cover art for Your Ghost lyrics by Kristin Hersh

"you were in my dreams you were driving circles around me,"

it's a horrible feeling, being unable to shake someone to the point they're in your dreams constantly, and you wake to that heavy feeling of helplessness because there's nothing you can do about how things are... it just adds insult to injury being haunted by someone like that. this song captures that feeling so well.

hellas, if you find out, let me know. =P

Cover art for Your Ghost lyrics by Kristin Hersh

great song i have nothing else to say

Cover art for Your Ghost lyrics by Kristin Hersh

Absolutely spine-tingling song.

Cover art for Your Ghost lyrics by Kristin Hersh

"It's the blaze across my nightgown"

Wow! I see a subtle wind blazing through her dress, like a ghost flying past her. Such powerful imagery.

Cover art for Your Ghost lyrics by Kristin Hersh

Wrong lyrics are posted.

@Pagliaro I submitted the correct lyrics, just waiting for approval.