While the animated music video presented this song from the point of a literal ghost trying to reach out one more time to his murderer and lover, the lyrics of this song could be from someone on the brink of suicide.
'Cause the world might do me in
It's all right cause I'm with friends
Cause I'm giving up again
It doesn't matter
The singer presents how the world is a harsh place; it can easily kill him and the hardships within it push him to give up. He has taken an attitude of apathy where nothing matters but a fun time with friends.
And I'm feeling like a ghost
And it's what I hate the most
'Cause I'm giving up again
The singer then continues on about how he feels like a ghost, which he really hates but has given up fighting against. The ghost could represent a number of things, but the it's largely depression. Feeling like a ghost is feeling alone and empty, without a future. The singer basically feels like he's already dead inside even if he's still alive, and he's accepted that this feeling isn't going to go away so he gives up on trying to be happy.
This time I might just disappear
Due to giving up, this time the singer "might just disappear". Considering that he's been depressed (felt like a ghost before) and that he's saying "this time", one can assume that he has attempted suicide before, and is going to try again.
Try and hear me then I'm done
'Cause I might just say this once
Seen this played out in my dream
It doesn't matter
Although he's given up and is now apathetic towards his own demise, the singer is still desperately trying to either reach out for help, or to get revenge against those that drove him to his state of mind. He needs to say something before his death, like a suicide note. It's the last thing he wants to accomplish while alive, so much that he dreams about how he'll do it. This time, when he says "it doesn't matter", the singer means it doesn't actually matter whether or not anyone listens to him because he just needs to get his thoughts off his chest.
Time for givin' up the ghost
Fuck, it's you I hate the most
And there is no guarantee
It doesn't matter
Giving up the ghost refers to him carrying out another suicide attempt to escape depression. Before doing so however, the singer does what he's always dreamed of; he's finally letting out his hatred for whatever has driven him to this point. He then commits suicide but notes that his death isn't guaranteed, as he had failed previously.
While the animated music video presented this song from the point of a literal ghost trying to reach out one more time to his murderer and lover, the lyrics of this song could be from someone on the brink of suicide.
'Cause the world might do me in It's all right cause I'm with friends Cause I'm giving up again It doesn't matter
The singer presents how the world is a harsh place; it can easily kill him and the hardships within it push him to give up. He has taken an attitude of apathy where nothing matters but a fun time with friends.
And I'm feeling like a ghost And it's what I hate the most 'Cause I'm giving up again
The singer then continues on about how he feels like a ghost, which he really hates but has given up fighting against. The ghost could represent a number of things, but the it's largely depression. Feeling like a ghost is feeling alone and empty, without a future. The singer basically feels like he's already dead inside even if he's still alive, and he's accepted that this feeling isn't going to go away so he gives up on trying to be happy.
This time I might just disappear
Due to giving up, this time the singer "might just disappear". Considering that he's been depressed (felt like a ghost before) and that he's saying "this time", one can assume that he has attempted suicide before, and is going to try again.
Try and hear me then I'm done 'Cause I might just say this once Seen this played out in my dream It doesn't matter
Although he's given up and is now apathetic towards his own demise, the singer is still desperately trying to either reach out for help, or to get revenge against those that drove him to his state of mind. He needs to say something before his death, like a suicide note. It's the last thing he wants to accomplish while alive, so much that he dreams about how he'll do it. This time, when he says "it doesn't matter", the singer means it doesn't actually matter whether or not anyone listens to him because he just needs to get his thoughts off his chest.
Time for givin' up the ghost Fuck, it's you I hate the most And there is no guarantee It doesn't matter
Giving up the ghost refers to him carrying out another suicide attempt to escape depression. Before doing so however, the singer does what he's always dreamed of; he's finally letting out his hatred for whatever has driven him to this point. He then commits suicide but notes that his death isn't guaranteed, as he had failed previously.