Your Ghost

Kristin Hersh & Michael Stipe

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If I walk down this hallway tonight, it's too quiet So I pad through the dark and call you on the phone Push your old numbers and let your house ring Till I wake your ghost   Let him walk down your hallway, it's not this quiet Slide down your receiver sprint across the wire Follow my number slide into my hand It's the blaze across my nightgown, it's the phone's ring | | | | | I think last night you were driving circles around me I think last night you were driving circles around me I think last night you were driving circles around me I can't drink this coffee till I put you in my closet Let him shoot me down Let him call me off I take it from his whisper you're not that tough It's the blaze across my nightgown, it's the phone's ring | | | (Pour finir, soit:) Kristin Hersh: I think last night you were driving circles around me I think last night you were driving circles around me I think last night you were driving circles around me I think last night you were driving circles around me I think last night you were driving circles around me Michael Stipe: You were in my dream, you were driving circles around me You were in my dream, you were driving circles around me You were in my dream, you were driving circles around me You were in my dream, you were driving circles around me You were in my dream, you were driving circles around me

La chanson évoque une atmosphère de solitude et de mélancolie, où la narratrice se retrouve dans un couloir sombre et silencieux, hantée par les souvenirs d'une personne chère. Elle essaie de la rappeler à travers un appel, espérant réveiller son esprit et le faire revenir dans sa vie. Les images d'un rêve dans lequel cette personne tourne autour d'elle donnent une impression de quête et de désir, mêlant réalité et fantôme du passé. Le contexte semble être celui d'une séparation ou d'une perte, où l'absence est ressentie profondément. La narratrice lutte pour affronter cette absence, jonglant entre des souvenirs nostalgiques et une réalité qui lui semble trop vide. C'est une exploration des sentiments de regret, de désir et de la difficulté de laisser partir un lien qui, bien que présent dans l'esprit, n'est plus tangible.