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D(r)ead

Release date: 23rd July 2018

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About This Track

Ghostemane confronts depression and suicidal ideation head-on in 'D(r)ead', a track built around the repeated image of a noose as both literal threat and metaphorical weight. The song adopts the voice of someone in deep psychological crisis, moving between confession and defiance. Lyrically, he traces the path from numbness ("I'm too dead inside") to the moment of reckoning, searching for reasons to live whilst acknowledging the pull towards oblivion. The production draws from industrial and metal textures, creating an abrasive backdrop that matches the rawness of the lyrical content. There's a Nine Inch Nails quality to the approach: unpolished, deliberately harsh, refusing the comfort of conventional song structure. The bridge strips back to near-silence before building again, a moment of vulnerability that undercuts the aggression elsewhere. It's a song that treats its subject with the seriousness it demands, neither exploiting the darkness nor softening it for consumption.

"D(r)ead" is a single by Ghostemane, released 23rd July 2018. Full lyrics are available below.

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Ghostemane

Ghostemane

Lyrics

D(r)ead

[Intro]

Dread, dread, dread, dread, dread, dread, dread, dread

[Chorus]

I got a noose (Yeah)

I got a noose (Ayy, yeah)

I got a noose (Yeah)

I got a noose (Ayy, yeah)

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

I got a noose (Yeah)

I got a noose (Ayy, yeah)

I got a noose (Yeah)

I got a noose (Ayy, yeah)

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

[Verse]

Talk about ya bad habits

Beating down ya goddamn door

Pussy 'mothafuckers' wanna be bad

They wanna be mad, they try to be sad

But never had a reason to cry

Wake up every other morning with a reason to die

But I'm really looking for another reason for life

I'm ready to fuck everything up

I took a swing at living by the book but never

(Made it past the prologue)

Shawty only like me 'cause her daddy don't (Daddy don't)

Took her soul 'cause I don't got one of my own (Of my own)

I'm too dead inside, I got no love to show (Love to show)

Somebody stop this pain in my chest

Never gave into Satan, I'm putting that speculation to rest

[Bridge]

I feel something

I feel something

This isn't good

Oh, no, this isn't good

Oh, no, this isn't good

Oh, no, this isn't good

Oh, no!

I don't know if it's love or hate

And I don't really care

I know I don't care!

You made me into this filth

And it really isn't fair

But now you gotta deal with it

[Chorus]

I got a noose (Yeah)

I got a noose (Ayy, yeah)

I got a noose (Yeah)

I got a noose (Ayy, yeah)

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

I got a noose (Yeah)

I got a noose (Ayy, yeah)

I got a noose (Yeah)

I got a noose (Ayy, yeah)

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

Around my neck, around my neck

[Outro]

Made it past the prologue

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    Drums
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    Video Director
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