Ghost

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Ghost by 5 Seconds of Summer

About Ghost

Since the band talks a lot about their younger selves, addiction, and substance abuse across this album, Everyones a Star, I really think the song is centered on that struggle. The main idea comes down to those key lines: "Late at night, we're the same, it shows / You and I, haunted by a similar ghost" I see this line as meaning that the version of themselves that's drunk or high is still the same person as their sober self, but the sober person absolutely hates that connection. .

Ghost Lyrics

[00:00.57] You sound like me when you're drunk
[00:05.25] I've heard that voice, so unrelenting
[00:12.80] Vomit all over the yard, crawl to my room
[00:20.88] I know the ending
[00:27.33] Late at night, we're the same, it shows
[00:33.56] You and I, haunted by a similar ghost
[00:39.50] Drunk and high when I need you most
[00:45.87] You and I, haunted by a similar ghost
[00:53.38] Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
[01:00.31] Haunted by a similar ghost
[01:05.37] Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
[01:15.51] I let you walk out the door, totalled the Porsche
[01:22.75] I'm always bending
[01:27.65] I picked you up off the street
[01:31.16] Some lady screamed, "Jesus can save him"
[01:40.58] Late at night, we're the same, it shows
[01:46.38] You and I, haunted by a similar ghost
[01:52.24] Drunk and high when I need you most
[01:58.27] You and I, haunted by a similar ghost
[02:06.17] Oh-ooh, oh-oh (ah-ah)
[02:13.19] Haunted by a similar ghost
[02:21.24] Oh-oh, oh-oh (ah-ah)
[02:28.44] I don't want to go to sleep
[02:30.78] 'Cause I'm afraid of what I'll see
[02:34.47] I can't look you in the eyes
[02:36.53] 'Cause I'm afraid it looks like me
[02:39.98] I don't want to go to sleep
[02:42.33] 'Cause I'm afraid of what I'll see
[02:45.86] And I can't look you in the eyes
[02:48.61] 'Cause I'm afraid it looks like me
[03:15.38] Haunted by a similar ghost
[03:20.14] Oh-oh, oh-oh
[03:26.77] Haunted by a similar ghost
[03:32.16] Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[03:39.02]

From the album: EVERYONE'S A STAR! (Fully Evolved)