i heard it there too along with "reasons to fall" which is another amazing song by hoffman.
in the very beginning of the song, it sort of sounds like a gunshot in the background, so i'm thinking when "she stumbles over a memory" it's the place where she shot this person, making them die & become a ghost.
she regrets this decision, by repeatedly saying sorry to the "ghost" but telling that she can't go back and change her actions.
in most of the song, she infers that the ghost is still around & watching her, and if this next stanza she ponders if the ghost (probably a former lover) is waiting for her to move on to someone else to fill her up, but she tells the ghost to close its eyes because it won't happen.
"But, If you've been here all the while
Watching me drift by and by
Waiting for something to fill me up
Ghost close your eyes"
of course, this could be all an extended metaphor for someone she just gave up or broke up with or something.
"Sometimes you lose everything
Or gave it away well it's hard to say now"
i heard it there too along with "reasons to fall" which is another amazing song by hoffman.
in the very beginning of the song, it sort of sounds like a gunshot in the background, so i'm thinking when "she stumbles over a memory" it's the place where she shot this person, making them die & become a ghost. she regrets this decision, by repeatedly saying sorry to the "ghost" but telling that she can't go back and change her actions.
in most of the song, she infers that the ghost is still around & watching her, and if this next stanza she ponders if the ghost (probably a former lover) is waiting for her to move on to someone else to fill her up, but she tells the ghost to close its eyes because it won't happen.
"But, If you've been here all the while Watching me drift by and by Waiting for something to fill me up Ghost close your eyes"
of course, this could be all an extended metaphor for someone she just gave up or broke up with or something. "Sometimes you lose everything Or gave it away well it's hard to say now"