Cenotaph

'Cenotaph' arrives as a monument to absence and persistence. The track layers solos and synths across a structure built on longing, its theatrical sweep carrying the weight of memory and consolation. Tobias Forge's vocals move through peaks of emotional intensity, anchored by the refrain that someone departed remains present, riding alongside through sensation and storm alike. A Dork four-star record, the song channels the album's embrace of 80s indulgence without descending into excess. The arrangement speaks to the care lavished across 'Skeletá'. Where many of the album's cuts chase familiar rock euphoria, 'Cenotaph' finds its power in the interplay between restraint and release, solos arriving with purpose rather than spectacle. It is a song about presence within absence, about the ashes of memory blooming into something that endures. Ghost have made their name walking the line between theatrical grandeur and genuine emotion; here, that balance holds firm.