Give Up the Ghost Lyrics

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Cover art for Give Up the Ghost lyrics by Thom Yorke

Gather up the lost and sold in your arms Gather up the pitiful in your arms

These two statements mean just what they sound like. Help the people in this world less fortunate than yourself.

"What seems impossible" - the statements above and all the other things that you know is right but is just so difficult to do - take those on (world peace, human rights, global warming I suppose)

"I think I've had my fill" - sick of how everything is right now, sick of doing nothing about it.

"I think I should give up the ghost" - Just give up on trying to convince you (or self) to try to do the above.

"Don't haunt me" - giving up the ghost will come back to haunt us all.

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