Ghosts
Strawb Lyrics

Go to sleep my babies
The singer is addressing children and telling them to go ahead and sleep

Don't you wake up
The singer is telling the children to sleep soundly and not wake up until morning

The stars will keep you company
The singer is comforting the children and promising them that the stars will be with them while they sleep

So close your eyes
The artist is instructing the children to sleep and shut their eyes

Old Uncle Moon will shine his dearest sweetest dreams
The artist is imploring the moon to shine sweet dreams over the children

And hold you in your arms
The singer is metaphorically conveying that the moon will wrap the children in its loving embrace

Until the morning comes.
The singer is promising the kids that the moon will be with them until the morning

Dark the night, not a sound
The artist is describing the silence of the dark night

Damp and cold, frosty ground
The artist is painting a vivid image of what the environment looks like on this creepy night

Above your head the lion screams
The artist is using vivid imagination to describe the sound that night might sound like if personified

To tear you from your moonlit dreams.
The singer is saying how the lion's scream might wake the children from their peaceful dream state

Damp with sweat, mouth is dry
The artist is describing their physical state of being scared

Twisted branches catch the eye
The branches in the singer's environment look like they are spooky and alive

Beside your bed the angel stands
In the singer's imagination, an angel is by the bed to protect them

You cannot touch his withered hands.
The singer realizes that all the protection and supernatural intervention they imagine for themselves is limited and are creatures of our own imagination

As the lion's eyes dance before me
The artist is imagining being confronted by the lion again but it's not as scary as before

They are kindly yet bloody red
The artist feels like the lion is no longer a threat but its eyes still bear a trace of a threat

I can see that he is smiling
The singer imagines the lion's face and realizes that it's really not that scary

But I cannot live inside his head.
The singer knows that the lion only appears scary because of their own perspective and it's impossible to ever truly understand what's going on in someone else's head

There the needle stands before me
The artist is painting an imaginative picture of a needle

I climb inside it towards the light
The artist is imagining going into the needle and metaphorically saying that they are searching for something good in life

Where the angel stands in glory
The artist is imagining another scene where an angel stands, but this time it is glorious

His sword of peace defends the night.
The singer envisions that the angel is there to protect everyone in the night and a symbol of peace

So the world is spread before
The artist describes a happy, beautiful world before them

As I fly high on angel wings
The singer is imagining flying high on angel wings and seeing everything from above

But the angel is deceiving
The singer knows that all visions are limited and nothing will be perfectly bright and happy all the time

For he is weeping as he sings.
The singer notes that even the seemingly happiest things have sadness and sadness should be accepted as a part of the cycle of life

Early birds, morning breeze
The artist is describing pleasant morning settings

Spinning leaves, sleepy trees
The atmosphere is sleepy but peaceful

Gently tap the window pane
The singer is appreciating the nature outside and its sounds

It's good to see the sun again.
The singer is glad that morning and light has come, overcoming the darkness