Ghost Ghost live shows feature painting by New York artist Charlie Kemmerer and experimental video art by New York filmmaker Tim Bartlett. Mark Christensen (of Stone Document) also began performing with the band in 2010. Drummer Tim Ireland performed with the band from 2008 to 2010 when he left to join Brooklyn punk band The Sharp Lads.
Ghost Ghost self-released their debut EP Time is Gravity in 2008 and followed with two more releases in 2010, Of Innocence and Experience EP and No Clothes on Ragged Island -- a full length LP inspired by the life of NYC poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.
In 2010 the song Time is Gravity was used in the season finale of World of Jenks.
Late 2010 the band released two holiday singles Please Stay for Christmas Eve and Christmas Comes Whenever You Come Home.
In 2011 the band debuted a new sound at SXSW — a more experimental indie pop approach blending vocal harmonies and a modern indie-pop songwriting approach with surprising beat juxtapositions.
In 2012 the band took a break with marriages happening, babies being born, and loved ones falling seriously ill.
In early 2013 the band marked its return with the release of the triumphant single Hey Princess also picked-up by MTV for use in the second season of World of Jenks.
A new full-length album is slated for release in autumn 2013.
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Ghost Ghost - Discography
Hey Princess - Single, 2013
Christmas Comes Whenever You Come Home - Holiday Single, 2010
Please Stay for Christmas Eve - Holiday Single, 2010
No Clothes on Ragged Island, March 2010
Of Innocence and Experience EP, March 2010
Time is Gravity EP, November 2008
Mummy Dust
Ghost Ghost Lyrics
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To corrupt humanity
I will pummel it with opulence
With corpulence and greed
In God you trust
My mummy dust (dust)
My mummy dust (dust)
Your cavalier of crapulence
To this feast of rapacity
I will bury you in treasures
Just to feed your incapacity
In God you trust
My mummy dust (dust)
My mummy dust
In God you trust
My mummy dust (dust)
My mummy dust
You are the possessée of avarice
I am the ruler of the earth
I will smother you in riches
Until you choke on sordid mirth
You are summoned in cupidity
Purulence and lust
I am the magnet for stupidity
And divine you feel my thrust
In god you trust
My mummy dust (dust)
My mummy dust
In God you trust
My mummy dust (dust)
In God we trust
My mummy dust
In God we trust
My mummy dust
In God we trust
My mummy dust
The song "Mummy Dust" by Ghost Ghost has haunting yet thought-provoking lyrics. The verses speak of a corrupt and greedy ruler who boastfully declares his intent to bury humanity under treasures and feed their incapacity with his opulence. The verse "I will smother you in riches/Until you choke on sordid mirth" is particularly vivid and can be interpreted as a warning about the dangers of succumbing to materialistic desires. The repeated line "In God you trust" may be seen as a commentary on the hypocrisy of those who profess to believe in a higher power but are driven entirely by their own greed and power-hungry impulses.
The chorus, which consists of the repeated phrase "My mummy dust", adds to the eerie and mysterious atmosphere of the song. The term "mummy dust" can have multiple meanings, from a reference to actual embalmed remains to a metaphor for the decay and emptiness of material wealth. The chorus can be interpreted as both a declaration of the ruler's dominance and a reminder of the inevitability of death and decay.
Line by Line Meaning
I was carried on a wolf’s back
I arrived with cruel intentions
To corrupt humanity
To taint and ruin humanity with my presence
I will pummel it with opulence
I will shower it with excessive riches
With corpulence and greed
And encourage gluttony and avarice
In God you trust
Despite the consequences, you rely on religion
My mummy dust (dust)
My corrupted influence and power
Your cavalier of crapulence
You're recklessly indulgent and greedy
To this feast of rapacity
At this banquet of excessive consumption
I will bury you in treasures
I will overwhelm you with riches and false pleasures
Just to feed your incapacity
And fuel your insatiable desire for more
You are the possessée of avarice
You are controlled by your greed
I am the ruler of the earth
I hold power and control over the world
I will smother you in riches
I will suffocate you with wealth and excess
Until you choke on sordid mirth
Until you realize the gruesome truth of your desires
You are summoned in cupidity
You can't resist the temptation of greed and excess
Purulence and lust
And are consumed by decay and desire
I am the magnet for stupidity
I attract and manipulate those who are foolish
And divine you feel my thrust
And you believe my control is divinely ordained
In God you trust
Despite the destruction and corruption I bring, you still rely on religion
In God we trust
Despite the destruction and corruption we bring, you still rely on religion
My mummy dust
My corrupting influence and power
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: GUSTAF LINDSTROM, INDIO MARCATO, KLAS AHLUND
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