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Ghost on the Highway Lyrics
It's cloudy in the west, it looks like rain
My eyes are black holes and I'm burning away
You slaughtered your loving man, killed him in his sleep
The blood and crying of your murder simply stains the sheets
Now, you're a ghost on the highway
Your gesture is meaningless
You're lost to the living men
Trailing souls to the end
You thought winning as a woman, meant failing as a friend
It is not an art statement to drown a few passionate men
You made yourself a diamond to blind young men's eyes
You claim because they want your shine they deserve to walk the line
You're a ghost on the highway
Your gesture is meaningless
You're lost forever to the living men
Trailing souls till the end
Yes, I would give you my love so my soul would not starve
But it could never move the honest rock of what you are
You're a ghost on the highway
You're like straw and meaningless
I hate you, but I love you
I'll carry that to the end
If I ever lie with you again, I pray I do not sleep
If I ever close my eyes again, I'd realize what you are to me
You are simply a liar
An animal who bluffs and steals
Until you become a bigger creature's meal
You're a ghost on the highway
You're trash and meaningless
I hate you, but I love you
I'll carry that to the end
You're lost on the highway
My eyes are black holes and I'm burning away
The blood and crying of your murder simply stains the sheets
Your gesture is meaningless
You're lost to the living men
Trailing souls to the end
It is not an art statement to drown a few passionate men
You claim because they want your shine they deserve to walk the line
Your gesture is meaningless
You're lost forever to the living men
Trailing souls till the end
But it could never move the honest rock of what you are
You're like straw and meaningless
I hate you, but I love you
I'll carry that to the end
If I ever close my eyes again, I'd realize what you are to me
You are simply a liar
An animal who bluffs and steals
Until you become a bigger creature's meal
You're trash and meaningless
I hate you, but I love you
I'll carry that to the end
i agree. definitely about the literal love/hate with a woman. he knows she is no good in fact he has seen first hand what she has done to previous lovers and he cannot help but be added to the list.
About a Femme Fatale? But I think all the talk of her killing people is symbolic. It's more about how she slaughters the souls of her lovers when she leaves them.
And although Jeffrey Lee knows that she is this Femme Fatale character, he has to constantly remind himself about it. The heart probably tells him the opposite. ("I hate you but i love you", "If I ever close my eyes again, I'd realize what you are to me")
And in the end, he also feels sorry for her, she is "lost on the highway".