Lyric discussion by wayne_ozacrot 

Cover art for Ghost lyrics by Neutral Milk Hotel

this song has a definite hymnal feel to it, and i'm not sure why - maybe his vocal melody line? anyway. not really sure what this song is about. i'd say the afterlife in general, and the bit at the beginning "you fly... into one that i love/ with all that was left within me/til we tore in two" sounds like he lost somebody very close to him, and that loss made him unable to love someone else in a similar way. just a thought