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Neutral Milk Hotel - Ghost
Ghost ghost I know you live within me feel as
You fly in thunderclouds above the city into one
That I love with all that was left within me til we
Tore in two now wings and rings and there's so
Many waiting here for you
And she was born in a bottle-rocket 1929 with
Wings that ringed around a socket right between
Her spine all drenched in milk in holy water
Pouring from the sky I know that she will live
Forever all she won't ever die
And she goes and now she knows she'll never
Be afraid to watch the morning paper blow into a
Hole where noone can escape de-de-de-de-de-
De de-de-de-de-de-de de-de-de-de-de-de de-de-
De-de-de
And one day in nyc baby a girl fell from the
Sky from the top of the burning apartment
Building 14 stories high and when her spirit left
Her body how it split the sun I know that she will
Live forever all goes on and on and on and
And she goes and now she knows she'll never
Be afraid to watch the morning paper blow into a
Hole where noone can escape de-de-de-de-de-
De de-de-de-de-de-de de-de-de-de-de-de de-de-
De-de-de
This song is about Jeff’s experience with a ghost supposedly living in his home, that, like many songs on this album, ended up becoming a reference to Anne Frank. As with several other songs on "In the Aeroplane over the Sea", “Ghost” blends seamlessly into the following track, “[untitled]”. The song begins as a simple unaccompanied acoustic track, but several horns, extremely distorted electric guitars, and drums join Mangum as the song continues, reaching a crescendo as an eerie synth – likely representing the ghost themself – delivers the outro melody in Mangum’s place.
