Written by: Mitchy Collins, FRND, Dan Book, Luke and Ashton
Genre: Acoustic Pop
Lyrics and their meaning:
Here I am waking up
Still can't sleep on your side
There's your coffee cup
The lipstick stain fades with time
If I can dream long enough
You'd tell me I'd be just fine
I'll be just fine
The protagonist and their love interest have broken up. They're so used to sleeping where they are that they don't have the heart to intrude on the space where the partner once slept. Your lipstick stain fades with time is a reference to their first ever international single She Looks So Perfect. Your lipstick stain is a work of art... And when fans heard this, they were brought to tears by the reference saying that the young lovers that we've metaphorically grown up with have broken up. The protagonist is still dreaming, in their world of their nonexistent partner. If they can wake up and get over this, they will be fine. That is a reference to Amnesia that repeats I'm really not fine at all. In fact, Ghost Of You is the newer Amnesia.
So I drown it out like I always do
Dancing through our house
With the ghost of you
And I chase it down
With a shot of truth
Dancing through our house
With the ghost of you
Alcohol can numb the pain, just for a little bit. And the protagonist is dancing through the house in hallucinations because of it. However, this may not be a break-up. Ghost of You can go parallel with Invisible. By saying this, Ghost Of You could also be about a lover suiciding, I get this because the house is referred to as 'ours' not 'mine'.
Cleaning up today
Found that old Zepplin shirt
You wore when you ran away
And no one could feel your hurt
We're too young, too dumb
To know things like love
But I know better now
(Better now)
The protagonist is constantly being reminded of that person who is not with them (figuratively and literally). Have your family ever said to you, 'Wait till you're older to get married and have kids' It's probably because they want you to have more life experience before you have another life to care for/live with. The protagonist is reflecting on their past with their lover and thinking about how they have changed.
That my feet don't dance
Like they did with you
The protagonist is explaining how their life isn't the same without their lover. My feet son't dance like they did with you is a metaphor for that.
Yay or nay: A beautiful yay!
What it reminds me of: Losing someone you love. That feeling has squeezed its way into my life recently...
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