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Ghost Story by Coldplay

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Coldplay

Ghost Story

Release date: 18th May 2014

From A Sky Full of Stars - EP
Track 3
4:17
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'Ghost Story' by Coldplay is an Alternative track from the album 'A Sky Full of Stars - EP' released in 2014. The lyrics treat intimacy as something spectral and unreliable, with a speaker who can vanish when anyone gets close, yet can also slip through attempts to hold them, undercut by the refrain-like sense of being “on the ropes” or not quite here. There is an escalating frustration to the imagery, as efforts to move through space are met with new barriers. The repeated ghostly premise turns love into a question of presence, absence, and misread signals.

"Ghost Story" is a track by Coldplay, from the album A Sky Full of Stars - EP, released 18th May 2014. The track is 4:17 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 11 articles about Coldplay.

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Lyrics

Ghost Story

Maybe I'm just a ghost
Disappear when anybody's close
Go through you when you try to hold
Try to hold me near

Maybe I'm just a ghost
Emptier than anybody knows
Maybe I'm on the ropes
Or I'm not even here

Yeah!

Everytime I try to walk through walls
More walls appear
What's the point of feeling love for you
When you don't believe I'm here?
What's the point of trying to raise your voice if no one ever hears?
Everytime I try to pull you close
You disappear

Maybe I'm a ghost
Just a whisper in a puff of smoke
A secret that nobody knows
No one will ever hear

Or maybe I'm a ghost
A spectre on a rollercoaster
A thorn without a rose
Just something people fear

Yeah!

And everytime I thought I'd walk through walls
It's all becoming clear
What's the point in feeling love for you
When you don't believe I'm here?
What's the point in saying 'rescue me' if no one ever hears?
Every time I try to pull you close
You disappear
Every time I try to pull you close
You disappear

And everytime I thought I'd walk through walls
It's all becoming clear
Everytime I try to pull you close
You disappear
Everytime I try to pull you close
You disappear

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Track details

From A Sky Full of Stars - EP

4:172014
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Album
A Sky Full of Stars - EP
A Sky Full of Stars - EP
Coldplay
19th May 2014
Track number
3
Release year
2014
  1. 1A Sky Full of Stars (Radio Edit)
    3:56
  2. 2All Your Friends
    3:32
  3. 3Ghost Story
    4:17
  4. 4O (Reprise)
    1:37

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