Cemeteries of London

The lyrics follow people wandering through London at night, searching for a spiritual presence and encountering images of ghosts, witches, and the dead. At first, the night seems to offer a space for searching and singing, while morning is reserved for sleep and private grief. The mood gradually darkens: although God appears to be everywhere, the speaker cannot understand or receive what is being offered. By the end, the night’s sheltering atmosphere gives way to a day without light.

The “Victorian ghosts” praying for their curses to be broken suggest old regrets or suffering that continue to haunt the present. “Ghost towns in the ocean” is a striking, mysterious image: it may hint at lost worlds or forgotten lives, but the lyrics do not explain it directly. God appearing in the speaker’s garden makes the spiritual feel close and ordinary; the closed heart, however, suggests that closeness alone does not guarantee understanding.

The song can be read as a search for faith, comfort, or meaning amid loneliness and sorrow. Its supernatural images may be literal within the song’s dreamlike world, or they may express emotional unease. The repeated wordless singing creates a sense of ritual or shared feeling, yet it does not resolve the speaker’s doubts. The final darkness may signal despair, or simply the loss of the mysterious nighttime world that had seemed full of possibility.