To me this song's about feeling empowered by learning to withhold love from those who would just take and not return it. Think people you might know who are maybe very giving and appear to not wish to be reciprocated, well I'm sure there are some who truly deal with that, but for some the intention when offering their 'best' is it will be noticed and rewarded. "To Repel Ghosts" I think is speaking to those people who learn the hard way that to withhold can also be rewarding. Of course the "Ghosts" in this song are people who come and go in life offering little to enrich each our experiences but instead only want to take or rather sap a kind individual's soul of whatever they can. It might sound like an aggressive analysis - and I'm not referring to personal experiences - but I think it's a relevant fact of life that the band are acknowledging here. Be careful of who you give your love to etc... Apart from that, beautiful song really. "Lifeblood" has finally started to grow on me!
To me this song's about feeling empowered by learning to withhold love from those who would just take and not return it. Think people you might know who are maybe very giving and appear to not wish to be reciprocated, well I'm sure there are some who truly deal with that, but for some the intention when offering their 'best' is it will be noticed and rewarded. "To Repel Ghosts" I think is speaking to those people who learn the hard way that to withhold can also be rewarding. Of course the "Ghosts" in this song are people who come and go in life offering little to enrich each our experiences but instead only want to take or rather sap a kind individual's soul of whatever they can. It might sound like an aggressive analysis - and I'm not referring to personal experiences - but I think it's a relevant fact of life that the band are acknowledging here. Be careful of who you give your love to etc... Apart from that, beautiful song really. "Lifeblood" has finally started to grow on me!