The lyrics on here are undone and pretty wrong to me, but I have a bit of an interpretation regardless.
I think this song is about having memories/delusions about someone that you love. "Keeping myself in my mind" is a pretty clear intro to this idea. Then especially with the bit that goes:
"I went away to a ghost land
And it felt like a perfect dream
I grabbed a hold of two ghost hands
And a voice said, 'I'll always be'"
... sounds like he's thinking of an ex (or exes) and reminiscing over the good times they had or imagining life with them as if they never broke up. I think "ghost land" basically means a place where these people don't actually exist, like in his mind. I think Avey may be simply thinking about old memories of this ex or exes, but it could also be a type of dream state or psychedelic trip where he encounters all this. Either way, this mental state is really comforting, and it's in a place where they'll always be ("and a voice said, I'll always be").
Then, of course, reality sets in:
"I ran to tell all my dear friends
Of the new love I did find
But when I return to my homeland
I was confused by the changing tide"
and the part that goes:
"I'm so tired of disappearing
You're so beautiful, you can't hear me
Want to hold you, kiss you, feel me
Climb through the void and eternally cheer me"
These thoughts aren't real; the relationships with this person or these people are over. These thoughts he has of them are great but that's simply all he has in reality; he can't actually interact with them, and eventually he must get out of his mind. But there is a sort of longing for it to be a reality ("Want to hold you, kiss you, feel me, climb through the void and eternally cheer me.")
Then, the song ends on a sort of happy note (not really, but kinda). He repeats the line "so I ran away with my ghost gal," accepting the truth that the memories or thoughts he has of this "ghost gal." Dwelling over the want for them to be real is depressing, so the resolution is to just dream over it.
I don't know, but that's what I got out of this song. I love it.
The lyrics on here are undone and pretty wrong to me, but I have a bit of an interpretation regardless.
I think this song is about having memories/delusions about someone that you love. "Keeping myself in my mind" is a pretty clear intro to this idea. Then especially with the bit that goes:
"I went away to a ghost land And it felt like a perfect dream I grabbed a hold of two ghost hands And a voice said, 'I'll always be'"
... sounds like he's thinking of an ex (or exes) and reminiscing over the good times they had or imagining life with them as if they never broke up. I think "ghost land" basically means a place where these people don't actually exist, like in his mind. I think Avey may be simply thinking about old memories of this ex or exes, but it could also be a type of dream state or psychedelic trip where he encounters all this. Either way, this mental state is really comforting, and it's in a place where they'll always be ("and a voice said, I'll always be").
Then, of course, reality sets in:
"I ran to tell all my dear friends Of the new love I did find But when I return to my homeland I was confused by the changing tide"
and the part that goes:
"I'm so tired of disappearing You're so beautiful, you can't hear me Want to hold you, kiss you, feel me Climb through the void and eternally cheer me"
These thoughts aren't real; the relationships with this person or these people are over. These thoughts he has of them are great but that's simply all he has in reality; he can't actually interact with them, and eventually he must get out of his mind. But there is a sort of longing for it to be a reality ("Want to hold you, kiss you, feel me, climb through the void and eternally cheer me.")
Then, the song ends on a sort of happy note (not really, but kinda). He repeats the line "so I ran away with my ghost gal," accepting the truth that the memories or thoughts he has of this "ghost gal." Dwelling over the want for them to be real is depressing, so the resolution is to just dream over it.
I don't know, but that's what I got out of this song. I love it.