Ghost Song

The lyrics begin with a gentle call to wake up and choose how to meet the day. This welcoming mood grows stranger and more intense as the speaker enters a dreamlike world of moonlight, music, and dancing. Near the end, the images turn painful: scattered people and ghosts crowding a child’s mind suggest that wonder can exist alongside fear and suffering.

Several images blur the line between waking and dreaming. A “vast radiant beach” under a jeweled moon creates a beautiful, unreal landscape, while “wooly cotton brains of infancy” suggests a childlike state of softness, innocence, and limited awareness. The repeated invitation to “choose” may mean that the listener is being urged to make a personal choice, though the voices that offer it seem mysterious. “Everything is broken up and dances” turns disorder into movement, as if confusion itself could become part of a dream.

The ending is deliberately unsettling and open to interpretation. “Ghosts” may stand for frightening thoughts or memories pressing on a child’s vulnerable mind; the “eggshell” image emphasizes how easily that mind could be harmed. The reference to people bleeding on a road introduces real violence into the otherwise surreal scene, but the lyrics do not explain its context. Overall, the song can be read as a journey from invitation and innocence toward a recognition of vulnerability and pain.