Massachusetts
Handsome Ghost Lyrics

Give me just a minute
The singer is asking for a moment to reflect

I want to hear the sound for one last time
The singer wants to experience something they know is fleeting

Back to the beginning
The singer wants to go back to a time when things were simpler

Empty train to Brooklyn late at night
The artist is alone and feeling reflective

The bar was beckoning of sin
The artist is drawn to activities that may not be good for them

Like a sidewalk psychic
The singer is implying that the situation is pre-ordained

And you told me you were breaking yet again
Someone close to the singer is struggling or has let them down before

And I think I'd like to
The artist is unsure of what they want to do next

Could you give me just a minute
The artist is asking for more time to reflect

Just a second more
The artist is asking for an extremely brief extension of time

Then I will be going if there's nothing to fight for
The singer is implying they will undertake a new venture if it feels meaningful

Bridge out of the city where you wore my ring
A location symbolic of the relationship the artist shared with another person

Somewhere in the middle
An ambiguous setting, implying uncertainty

I'm forgetting the feeling
The singer is losing the emotions they once had

I'll go back to Massachusetts
The singer wants to return to their roots

Find myself a house with a backyard
The artist desires a simpler life

I wonder how you do it
The artist is curious about how someone else is faring in life

Reading back a note I stumbled on
The singer has physically rediscovered an old message

You signed your name in lower case
The style of signature implies an informality to the relationship

Like you have since eighteen
The casual signature is an ongoing habit

And you wrote that you and I would never change
The message implies that the relationship would always maintain its qualities

Then we changed completely
The artist acknowledges that things didn't turn out as they hoped

And I woo-oh
An emotional outburst that has no meaning

And I woo-oh
An emotional outburst that has no meaning

And I woo-oh
An emotional outburst that has no meaning

And I woo-oh
An emotional outburst that has no meaning

Give me just a minute
The singer is again asking for time to collect their thoughts

Just a second more
The artist is making the same request again

There's nothing to fight for
The artist is implying that they are done with a situation