CLOUDS
Pastel Ghost Lyrics


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Thinking of you I lie awake
Longing to suffocate
Spilling my tears as you turn away

Light cast onto a memory
Darkens the scenery
I can't know you the way you know me
Visions of you through clouds of smoke
Inhale until I choke
Filling my lungs but now I'm alone

Cold as an emptiness consumes




Rain dripping in my wounds
You don't want me the way I want you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to the song CLOUDS by Pastel Ghost convey the emotional pain and longing of an unrequited love. The artist sings about lying awake and thinking of the person she desires, feeling suffocated by the intensity of her emotions. The tears she sheds as the object of her affections turns away from her are symbolic of the deep hurt she experiences from this rejection.


The imagery of light and darkness is woven throughout the song, reflecting the confusion and uncertainty of the singer's emotions. She feels as though she cannot truly know the person she loves as intimately as they know her. This sense of distance is amplified by the use of smoke and haze, which obscure the objects of the singer's focus but also lend an ethereal quality to the scene.


The song builds to a chorus that captures the singer's suffocation and desperation. She inhales until she chokes, using her body as a vehicle for her intense desire. But ultimately, she is left alone and consumed by a cold emptiness. Rain dripping in her wounds serves as another metaphor for the pain and longing she experiences, despite the object of her affections not wanting her in the same way she wants them.


Overall, the lyrics to CLOUDS by Pastel Ghost are a poignant and powerful expression of the emotional turmoil that can come with unrequited love. The use of symbolic imagery and vivid language captures the intensity of the singer's feelings, leaving the listener with a lasting impression of the complex and painful nature of this experience.


Line by Line Meaning

Thinking of you I lie awake
My thoughts are consumed by you and I can't sleep


Longing to suffocate
I desire to be overwhelmed by you


Spilling my tears as you turn away
My emotions overflow as you reject me


Light cast onto a memory
My mind recalls a bright moment from our past


Darkens the scenery
The present seems dim in comparison


I can't know you the way you know me
I am unable to understand you as deeply as you understand me


Visions of you through clouds of smoke
I see you in my mind, surrounded by haze and confusion


Inhale until I choke
I breathe in deeply until it becomes too much


Filling my lungs but now I'm alone
My longing for you is suffocating, but I am still by myself


Cold as an emptiness consumes
My heart feels empty and numb


Rain dripping in my wounds
My sorrow is constantly present and painful, like an open would in the rain


You don't want me the way I want you
My feelings are unrequited and unreturned




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@cypresscempr3s399

Thinking of you I lie awake
Longing to suffocate
Spilling my tears as you turn away

Light cast onto a memory
Darkens the scenery
I can’t know you the way you know me

Visions of you through clouds of smoke
Inhale until I choke
Filling my lungs but now I’m alone

Cold as an emptiness consumes
Rain dripping in my wounds
You don’t want me the way I want you



@Borderlindo.123

Memórias. Muitas memórias.
Sentimentos... São muitos. Pastel Ghost, vc definitivamente tá marcada na minha alma. No meu passado, no meu presente e provavelmente no meu futuro... Eu te amo *.
"Marcada na minha alma", e na minha pele, com certeza. Eu nem sei explicar em palavras tudo oque eu sinto através dessa música.
Um baú se abre.
Eu me abro.
Para eu, para mim. Obrigado.
Obrigado Pastel Ghost, obrigado a todas as pessoas do meu passado. Obrigado a mim mesmo e ao universo por ter me dado a oportunidade de ter conhecido essa música.
A sensação de voltar no tempo, é sensacional.
Ao mesmo tempo, dolorosa...
Acho que é por isso que eu amo tanto essa música k



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@LetsReadPodcast

good schtuff!

@hiroyukikobayashi4567

dream and dream!!!

@shelbis9615

Hi let’s read! Love ur content

@Naka_Cuiki

Love this

@Espressyo

yes :D

@qaizarxx

8 years still no one can surpass this level of music

@VaduzVaduz

Tampoco la Idiotez, en la Música ya esta todo hecho.

@kleinergrashupfer

claro, ate pq ela sempre se inspirou em crystal castles kk

@carminica2846

Crystal castles has already done it🤧

@adam3647

When I discovered her last year I thought this was brand new. Such a modern genre to explore, surprised more aren't doing it.

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