Ghost Tonight
Chairlift Lyrics

The lyrics of Chairlift's song Ghost Tonight capture the feeling of being invisible, unnoticed and unloved by someone you deeply care about. The opening line, "Tell me can you see, see the walls through me?" reflects that the singer feels like they are transparent and invisible, and their loved one seems to be unwilling or unable to understand the depth of their emotions. The subsequent line, "Because how could a love so crazy be so easy to ignore," emphasizes the singer's frustration and disbelief that the intensity of their love is disregarded and overlooked.

The chorus, "Hollow heavy eyes follow in your light. I'm a ghost tonight," emphasizes the feeling of being a ghost, transparent and ignored. The singer's eyes are hollow and heavy, and they follow their loved one's light, unable to shine on their own. The mention of disappearing "Under the bed," reflects the desire to hide away, to disappear and be unseen. The line "Like a secret that you know," adds to the feeling of just being another hidden or forgotten fact.

In the bridge, "Some wounds never mend lilies bloom and bend, white as teeth I swim beneath the footsteps in the wall," the use of metaphor describes the pain and scars of unrequited or undervalued love. The image of lilies blooming and bending, and teeth swimming beneath the footsteps in the wall, reveal a sense of dissolution, decay, and loss. The final line, "Because my heart is a stone until you make it right, I could live forever forever forever," echoes the sentiment that, without the love of the person they care for, they are numb and lifeless. Overall, the song expresses the feeling of invisibility, unrequited love, and the agony of being forgotten.