Strong sense of imagery in this song, great lyrics. The harmonies add to the "haunted" feel.
The chorus (from "'the ghoulish enemies' to 'ghost of christmas past') is like a "cry" out to above, the verses setting up the story of the past and loss. After he establishes the setting and tone, he cries out above. Sensing the ghosts stir up internally and revisit him, possibly at night.
"So i've got to sit up for my heart to come down" is like he's having a terrible nightmare, panic, loss, something unfinished that's come to revisit him.
But more than that... they're here to stay. "And you can't break the chasing ghosts, So much so, when they come back but never ask, At your side, at your soul" like not only have the ghosts revisited them, but he has joined them.
Strong sense of imagery in this song, great lyrics. The harmonies add to the "haunted" feel.
The chorus (from "'the ghoulish enemies' to 'ghost of christmas past') is like a "cry" out to above, the verses setting up the story of the past and loss. After he establishes the setting and tone, he cries out above. Sensing the ghosts stir up internally and revisit him, possibly at night.
"So i've got to sit up for my heart to come down" is like he's having a terrible nightmare, panic, loss, something unfinished that's come to revisit him.
But more than that... they're here to stay. "And you can't break the chasing ghosts, So much so, when they come back but never ask, At your side, at your soul" like not only have the ghosts revisited them, but he has joined them.