Lyrics for Ghost (Poem) as interpreted by Just_AThought

Ghost (Poem) Lyrics
Ghost,
Did you know sometimes it frightens me
when you say my name and I can't see you
will you ever learn to materialize before you speak
impetuous boy, if that's what you really are
how many centuries since you've climbed a balcony
or do you do this every night with someone else
you tell me that you never leave
and I am almost afraid to believe it
why is it me you've chosen to follow
did you like the way I look when I am sleeping
was my hair more fun to tangle
are my dreams more entertaining
do you laugh when I'm complaining that I'm all alone
where were you when I searched the sea
for a friend to talk to me
in a year where will you be
is it enough for you to steal into my mind
filling up my page with music written in my hand
you know I'll take the credit for I must have made you come to me somehow
but please try to close the curtains when you leave at night
or I'll have to find someone to stay and warm me
will you always attend my midnight tea parties
as long as I set your place
if one day your sugar sits untouched
will you have gone forever
would you miss me in a thousand years
when you will dry another's tears
but you say you'll never leave me
and I wonder if you'll have the decency
to pass through my wall to the next room
while I dress for dinner
but when I'm stuck in conversation
with stuffed shirts whose adoration
hurts my ears, where are you then
can't you cut in when I dance with other men
it's too late not to interfere with my life
you've already made me a most unsuitable wife
for any man who wants to be the first his bride has slept with
and you can't just fly into people's bedrooms
then expect them to calmly wave goodbye
you've changed the course of history
and didn't even try
where are you now
standing behind me
taking my hand
come and remind me
who you are
have you traveled far
are you made of stardust too
are the angels after you
tell me what I am to do
but until then I'll save your side of the bed
just come and sing me to sleep


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ophelia-complex
05-08-2007

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Shes in a relationship and its more serious to her than it is to the other person?

hate to state the obvious, but i figured someone should start it all off.

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akaikoutan
06-27-2007

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Perhaps, sweetness, you should be a bit more open minded. It seems she is reflecting a woman who has not yet let go of a dead lover. She is haunted by her lover's ghost. She cannot seem to move on with another man, seeing she is still in love. The very last lines, " but until then I'll save your side of the bed,
just come and sing me to sleep." is what gives off the strongest impression of her grieving.

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Kinkerbell
07-14-2007

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I understand where you're both coming from.. but I actually think that this song is quite literally about a ghost, that visits and keeps the woman in the poem company, who is her companion. I think she'd be lonely without him(?) and simply seems to hope that hey will never leave

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akaikoutan
07-19-2007

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That's a really good point. I was thinking a little bit of that too. I dunno though. It just seems like she makes refrences of being faithful even after death. I wish Emilie would tell about the song and what it means! I want to know the actual meaning now and what she was trying to get across, haha.

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vintagebeauty
08-20-2007

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i want to know the meaning as well. it's a very lovely song and i wish i had it on my ipod so that this poem would sing me to sleep, actually. i thought it had to just do with a ghost that visited a woman as well. that it gave her company at night. but akaikoutan has opened my eyes to their point of view. it does seem like it could be a lost lover. although, i would be displeased for the widow to call her deceased husband a "ghost" and just that. i would think that if this woman did truly love her husband, she would call to him by name, or something sweet.

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_NotWorthLiving_
09-10-2007

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Well, when I hear it, I think of a royal princess. It sounds weird, but I think it's about how princesses or queens are forced into marrying someone and never being free to make there own choices. The song is written in the princesses POV, and how she wishes the ghost would keep her company and be with her when she's forced to attend dances and things.

I think it also could be about a girl who is in love with someone she shouldn't be in love with, and they keep it a secret, like a ghost.

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TryNotToPanic!
10-04-2007

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I take it very literally also. I thinkit's about an aristocratic type young woman who has a ghost companion.
I don't think it's a women mourning her husband as the poem is fairly light hearted and the tone in her voice is all wrong for that.
Also things like "how many centuries since you've climbed a balcony" if she was mourning then I he'd not have been born centuaries ago.
"why is it me you've chosen to follow" It would be obvious why he'd chosen her is he was her dead lover no?

I think people are trying to look into this too much, it's just an iteresting little story.

Maybe I'm wrong but that's what I think.

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Thesaya
10-09-2007

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I agree with TryNotToPanic. Also, it feels a bit as if she puts herself in this womans situation, simply because of the line
"will you always attend my midnight tea parties
as long as I set your place
if one day your sugar sits untouched
will you have gone forever"


We all know how Emilie loves her tea parties ^^

The story kind of makes me think of Taltos by Anne Rice, the resident "ghost" in that book is a bit like the one of this poem.

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ladyofshallott
01-26-2008

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I think the ghost is supposed to symbolize the lack of empathetic and compassionate men. When she says "But when I'm stuck in conversation with stuffed shirts whose adoration hurts my ears", she's saying that she's surrounded by men with over-inflated egos, and that the only man who is perfect for her is dead. That's another possibility too. That she's haunted by her dead lover or husband, who was the perfect man, and she can't find his equal.

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apocalyps
03-26-2008

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I think it's more like here Lover is not dead, but gone a lot and she misses him badly.... while awaiting his return, she imagines him calling her name; being there....
She trusts him with her life but him being gone this much makes her think about what he's doing.... is he with another girl or not....
It does seem obvious to me that he is her true Love and inspiration.... and she wants him to come home....

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Geekella
04-20-2008

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i agree with kinderbell

i also have a feeling that the poem might be about a girl who is actually insane. cus notice that when she's alone, she believes he's there. but when she's around other people, he's not. like when he doesn't cut in when she dances with other men and wont help her out when someone is boring her with conversation. it makes me think that since the ghost never disturbs what's really happening, that when she believes he's there it is very likely her fanastical imagination.

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Geekella
04-20-2008

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i also feel the same as TryNotToPanic!

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Geekella
04-20-2008

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i agree with kinderbell

i also have a feeling that the poem might be about a girl who is actually insane. cus notice that when she's alone, she believes he's there. but when she's around other people, he's not. like when he doesn't cut in when she dances with other men and wont help her out when someone is boring her with conversation. it makes me think that since the ghost never disturbs what's really happening, that when she believes he's there it is very likely her fanastical imagination.

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Autumn|slave306
04-29-2008

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I've read a few good points
and the line that sticks out to me is "You know i'll take the credit 'cause I must've made you come to me somehow"
I think there is an actual ghost. If it was a dead lover why "How many centuries since you've climbed a balcony, or do you do this every night..."
So I think it's a real ghost.
So yes,
and i don't believe seeing ghosts makes you insane.
Thank you, Emilie

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HYSTERiA_
05-04-2008

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Is it only me who think it sounds like she's saying:
"You know I'll take the credit for matsurbating after me somehow" when she's actually saying
"you know I'll take the credit for I must have made you come to me somehow"
>: ?

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HYSTERiA_
05-04-2008

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masturbating*

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LunaPhantasma
05-06-2008

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What I think Emilie's trying to portray in this is less literal than an actual ghost; the ghost could be symbolizing someone deeper then the incredibly shallow men anticipating her, and someone who inspires her while completely captivating her on several levels.

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TheP1x3l
08-11-2008

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I think Emilie is talking about a presense she feels that keeps her company. Or it's an imaginary friend. It could be also what it literally says. Haha

This poem always makes me cry when I listen to it because it reminds me of my friends that live in other countries.

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eyelinerislife
08-17-2008

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I think it is about exactly what it says: A ghost, keeping a young, aristocratic woman company. I think people are looking too deep into this, and that this is a poem that should be taken at face value, not over analyzed.

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Spearemint
01-24-2009

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"you've already made me a most unsuitable wife
for any man who wants to be the first his bride has slept with"

...How exactly do you have sex with a ghost?

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VioletVisions
05-02-2009

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This is not a song, it's a poem.
I love it though, I puts me to sleep.
To my dismay it's "Can't you cut in as I dance with other men?"
When I thought it was "Catching cotton."

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Soulordess
07-27-2009

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I reckon this poem is more about the death of a relationship, not necessary about a dead lover. The line "When you will dry another's tears" tells me he's not dead, but has left her.

I could clearly vision myself talking about my ex with this poem. When you're with someone for so long, it does feel like their presence is still there even when they leave you.

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Matt Holck
08-15-2009

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I think it's about silent fans

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TheOddDarling
09-22-2009

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am i the only one who thinks shes talking bout a girl and a stalker?
a stalker who she has a wierd liking with?

'do you laugh when I'm complaining that I'm all alone'

like hes watching her

"you know I'll take the credit for I must have made you come to me somehow"

well she atracted a stalker - thats what i think or the literal ghost idea



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Laughingatyourface
10-28-2009

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I think that it can be three different things:



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