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Ghosts by Ibeyi

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Ibeyi

Ghosts

Release date: 11th February 2015

From Ibeyi
Track 3
3:31
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About This Track

'Ghosts' by Ibeyi is an alternative track on the album 'Ibeyi' (2015). The lyrics paint a bleak, self-examining scene, with the speaker welcoming a wounded world and insisting that “My ghosts are not gone”. There is a sense of inward persistence, as the past and pain remain present, dancing in the shade, while making words and sounds into songs. The voice then turns outward toward someone listening, with feeling becoming a kind of spinning, charged motion.

"Ghosts" is a track by Ibeyi, from the album Ibeyi, released 11th February 2015. The track is 3:31 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Ibeyi.

About the Artist

Ibeyi

Ibeyi

Lyrics

Ghosts

Welcome to my earth
It's a crying shame
We have built a foolish world
Busy fighting, full of lying and denying
My ghosts are not gone
They dance in the shade
And gives the black core of my heart
Making words making sounds making songs

Now you can feel my heart spinning
You turn my whole life around
I want to write a new beginning
Let go of the ghosts
Let dreams and hopes lay
And give our love another try
Should we just let it be

Make love to me
My ghosts are not gone
They give the black core of my heart
Making words making sounds making songs

Now you can feel my heart spinning
You turn my whole life around
I want to write a new beggining
Let go of the ghosts
Let dreams and hopes lay
And give our love another try
Should we just let it be

We ain't nothing without love
Without love we ain't nothing
Without love without love

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Track details

From Ibeyi

3:312015
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Album
Ibeyi
Ibeyi
Ibeyi
11th February 2015
Track number
3
Release year
2015
  1. 1Eleggua (Intro)
    1:16
  2. 2Oya
    3:53
  3. 3Ghosts
    3:31
  4. 4River
    4:12

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Eric Collins, Lisa-Kaindé Diaz, Maya Dagnino
    Lyricist
    Birdpaula, Eric Collins, Lisa-Kaindé Diaz, Maya Dagnino
    Producer
    Richard Russell
    Vocals
    Lisa-Kaindé Diaz, Naomi Diaz
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    Lisa-Kaindé Diaz, Naomi Diaz
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