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I got out of bed today, Swear to God I couldn't see my face
I got out of bed today staring at a ghost
Who forgot to float away, didn't have all that much to say
Wouldn't even tell me his own name
Where'd my body go
Where oh where'd my body go?
Africa or Mexico?
Where or where'd my body go?
Where'd my body go?
Have you seen my ghost?
Staring at the ground?
Have you seen my ghost?
Sick of those goddamn clouds
Are you some kind of medicine man?
Cut the demons out of my head
You can't kill something that's already dead
Just leave my soul alone
I don't need no surgery
Take those knives away from me
Just wanna die in my own body
A ghost just needs a home
I got out of bed today staring at a ghost
Who forgot to float away, didn't have all that much to say
Wouldn't even tell me his own name
Where'd my body go
Where oh where'd my body go?
Africa or Mexico?
Where or where'd my body go?
Where'd my body go?
Have you seen my ghost?
Staring at the ground?
Have you seen my ghost?
Sick of those goddamn clouds
Are you some kind of medicine man?
Cut the demons out of my head
You can't kill something that's already dead
Just leave my soul alone
I don't need no surgery
Take those knives away from me
Just wanna die in my own body
A ghost just needs a home
Lyrics submitted by concentric
Track duration: 03:39
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The first verse is about waking up everyday and looking back at your mistakes and [for me] how your memory is slipping and the ghosts are the emotions you bottle up. These emotions don't fade [who forgot to float away] and you have no one to talk to about. You don't know why you feel this way and end the end it causes you to become numb to the thought of your life
The chorus is just the same thought repeating about where you don't know where your life went, why you feel the way you do, and neither do you know how to fix it. The second part of the chorus [Sick of those goddamn clouds] you are sick of your past hanging over you and always reminding you of what you have done.
The second verse is talking about trying to figure out how to fix your issues, with medicine and speaking to a therapist and all it does is feel as if they are cutting imaginary things out of your head and thoughts. The sentence that you "can't kil something that is already dead" is coming from the idea that medicine and therapists wont make you feel better when the past is always there and you just want someone to be there for you.
The latter part of the second verse you realize what you need after going through the first part. You do not need anything to fix you but someone to be there for you. There was no need for a "medicine man" or surgery but to find who you are and someone to help you and find your place [home] in this world.
I listen to this song as it reminds me about what I have became and even though my memory is fading more and more by month [I am 19 and I feel extremely sad about this] and my ghosts are my missing memories.
He desires help, but not change. Somewhere deep inside, he's still alive, so he doesn't want the probing hands of others trying to patch him up like he's broken. He just wants reassurance. He just wants to be found.
Cut the demons out of my head
You can't kill something that's already dead
Just leave my soul alone
I don't need no surgery
Take those knives away from me
Just wanna die in my own body
the reference to surgery at the bottom maybe? just a thought, i may be taking it too literally of course...
When we are young, we see bright futures... we see beer commercial lives or sitcom lives for ourselves. And potential and possibilities and infinity and beyond. Life is just about to begin and it's gonna be so AWESOME!
But the future doesn't always work out like we planned, sometimes we have to go through things that kind of suck and it takes a toll on us. We hit the bottom. It hurts. And then we climb back up.
Time passes
And then we wake up one morning and look in the mirror. And we think of those dreams that are gone. And we think of all the struggles and how far we've come. Part of us hurts and part of us is numb. But we are the sum of both parts, and for the first time, we see this.
and i guess it's juts about someone not sure of themselves.
very helpful comment, i know.
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the second verse is saying how he doesn't know where he is (in life) or how he got in his situation.
the chorus is saying "Have you seen my ghost? Staring at the ground?" which is saying "has anyone noticed me being so depressed and alone?" and "Have you seen my ghost? Sick of those goddamn clouds." which is saying how he's sick of being in this situation.
the final verse is basically saying "i want you to help me, but don't try to change me, and just accept me for who i am."
i love this song so much. i don't know why it isn't getting any airtime.