Ghostly
Choir Vandals Lyrics
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Too much medicine for me. My head's in a dry spell.
And I heard it, heard it from a friend of mine.
Well, bad news could never come at such, such an awful time.
My mother, she told me deaths they come in threes.
A grandmother, former lover. Now so it seems,
if history's to repeat, destiny spells out defeat.
Who authorized this screenplay?
Who's got me up all night to rewrite and revise a climactic scene to end lives?
And my pen goes off the page, and in turn you do the same.
It feels like a movie I'm watching on an old TV.
It's cutting out! It leaves me speechless at the end of a horrendous scene!
Plot twist for the times, when the hero dies.
And where he lies, will find my pen by surprise.
And I don't know why. I didn't call cut.
There's one for the academy.
An award nominee.
The lyrics to Choir Vandals' song "Ghostly" are about the feeling of being overcome by dark thoughts and fears. The song begins with the singer waking up feeling dizzy and disoriented from taking too much medicine. He's heard bad news from a friend, and his mother has told him that deaths come in threes. The singer feels as though he is living out a tragic script, and he questions who authorized this screenplay. He gets lost in his thoughts, feeling like he's watching a movie on an old TV, and is left speechless after a particularly horrible scene.
The next verse talks about a plot twist in the movie, where the hero dies unexpectedly. The singer feels like he's living in a similarly tragic plotline, with destiny spelling out defeat. He's left feeling ghostly and wondering why he didn't call cut on this metaphorical movie that is his life. The final lines of the song suggest that this tragic scene could win an award - this reinforces the idea that the singer feels like he's living in a movie, where drama and tragedy are the norm.
Line by Line Meaning
And I wake up, wake up feeling dizzy still.
I feel groggy due to overmedication, and my mind is not clear.
Too much medicine for me. My head's in a dry spell.
I have taken too much medication, and it has caused my mind to become inactive.
And I heard it, heard it from a friend of mine.
I received bad news from a friend.
Well, bad news could never come at such, such an awful time.
The timing of this news could not be worse.
My mother, she told me deaths they come in threes.
My mother believes that when people die, it tends to happen in groups of three.
A grandmother, former lover. Now so it seems,
Recently, my grandmother and my ex-lover passed away.
if history's to repeat, destiny spells out defeat.
If history repeats itself, it seems as though I am destined to fail.
Feeling ghostly.
I feel like a ghost, disconnected from reality.
Who authorized this screenplay?
Who is responsible for the events in my life?
Who's got me up all night to rewrite and revise a climactic scene to end lives?
Who is making me stay awake all night, revising and changing events that lead to death?
And my pen goes off the page, and in turn you do the same.
As I write, my emotions take control, and I lose focus.
It feels like a movie I'm watching on an old TV.
The events in my life feel like a scene from a movie that is poorly filmed.
It's cutting out! It leaves me speechless at the end of a horrendous scene!
The scene is so terrible that I am left speechless and disturbed.
Plot twist for the times, when the hero dies.
The current situation is a shocking and unexpected twist, where the hero dies.
And where he lies, will find my pen by surprise.
I will unexpectedly come across the scene where the hero has died while writing.
And I don't know why. I didn't call cut.
I don't understand why this event happened, and I feel powerless to stop it.
There's one for the academy.
This event is so dramatic and intense that it could win an award from the Academy of Arts and Sciences.
An award nominee.
This event could be nominated for an award due to its intensity and drama.
Contributed by Alex S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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