Does anybody know of a song that talks about ghosts?

Question

I'm not talking about a song that simply mentions the word, I am looking for a song that can be interpreted in several ways like Hotel California....can anyone think of anything?

The song "immortal" is another good example...

Answer 1

The newest song is called
Ghost in This House by
Alison Krauss & Union Station

I don't pick up the mail,
I don't pick up the phone,
I don't answer the door,
I just soon be alone
I don't keep this place up,
I just keep the lights down,
I don't live in these rooms,
I just rattled around

I'm just a ghost in this house,
I'm shadow upon these walls,
As quietly as a mouse,
I haunt these halls,
I'm just a whisper of smoke,
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire,
That once burned out of control,
You took my body and soul,
I'm just a ghost in this house

I don't care if it rains,
I don't care if it's clear,
I don't mind stayin near,
There's another ghost here,
He sits down in your chair,
And he shines with your light,
And he lays down his head,
On your pillow at night

I'm just a ghost in this house,
I'm just a shadow upon these walls,
I'm living proof of the damage heartbreak does,
I'm just a whisper of smoke,
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire,
That once burned out of control,
You took my body and soul,
I'm just a ghost in this house

That once burned out of control,
You took my body and soul,
I'm just a ghost in this house


How about
Ghost Riders in the Sky

An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw
A-plowing through the ragged sky and up the cloudy draw

Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the Riders coming hard and he heard their mournful cry

Yippie yi Ohhhhh
Yippie yi yaaaaay
Ghost Riders in the sky

Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat
He's riding hard to catch that herd, but he ain't caught 'em yet
'Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky
On horses snorting fire
As they ride on hear their cry


As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his name
If you want to save your soul from Hell a-riding on our range
Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride
Trying to catch the Devil's herd, across these endless skies

Yippie yi Ohhhhh
Yippie yi Yaaaaay

Ghost Riders in the sky
Ghost Riders in the sky
Ghost Riders in the sky

from Johnny Cash and many others

Otherwise
a famous Motown song (also done by The Fall)

There's a ghost in my house
The ghost of your memories
The ghost of the love you took from me

Where our love used to be
Only shadows from the past I see
Time can't seem to erase
The vision of your smiling face
Though you found someone new
I can't get over you
There's a ghost in my house
I can't hide (ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)
It keeps on haunting me (ghost in my house)
Just keeps on remiding me (ghost in my house)

In my mind I know you're gone
But my heart keeps holding on
To the memories of those happy times
To the love that once was mine
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
There's a ghost in my house
I can't hide (ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)
You're still such a part of me (ghost in my house)
Still so deep in the heart of me (ghost in my house)

I just keep hearing your footsteps on the stairs
When I know there's no-one there
Every day I love you more
So much more than the day before

Sittin' in my easy chair
I feel your fingers running through my hair
Lookin' down in my coffee cup
I think I see your face lookin' up
All alone in my gloom
You voice echoes through the room
There's a ghost in my house
And I can't hide (ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)
It keeps on haunting me (ghost in my house)
Just keeps on reminding me (ghost in my house)

I just keep hearing your footsteps on the stairs
When I know there's no-one there
You're still such a part of me (ghost in my house)
Still so deep in the heart of me (ghost in my house)
I can't hide (ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)
(fade)

Answer 2

Ghost Band By Rancid

Answer 3

There's a Ghost in my House.... was it R. Dean Taylor?? Approx 1974 first release.

Ghost Town, either Madness or The Specials, can't remember which.

Answer 4

My Chemical Romance - The Ghost of You

i never said i'd lie in wait forever
if i died we'd be together
i can't always just forget her
but she could try

at the end of the world
or the last thing i see
you are never coming home, never coming home
could i? should i?

and all the things that you never ever told me
and all the smiles that are ever, ever, ever

get the feeling that you're never
all alone
and i remember now
at the top of my lungs, in my arms
she dies, she dies

at the end of the world
or the last thing i see
you are never coming home, never coming home
could i? should i?

and all the things that you never ever told me
and all the smiles that are ever gonna hug me
never coming home, never coming home
could i? should i?

and all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me
for all the ghosts that are never gonna catch me
if i fall, if i fall down

at the end of the world
or the last thing i see
you are never coming home, never coming home
never coming home, never coming home

and all the things that you never ever told me
and all the smiles that are ever gonna hug me
never coming home, never coming home
could i? should i?

and all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me
for all the ghosts that are never gonna

Answer 5

"Ghost Dancing" by Simple Minds

Forget my last suggestion. This has ghosts and is an amazing song!! Listen to it you will agree!!

The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You

Answer 6

Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush is supposed to be the ghost singing!

Answer 7

Ghosts by Japan...this speaks of the ghosts inside oneself.

Answer 8

*Delphic - Halcyon Doubt *2 door cinema club - some thing good can artwork Undercover Martyn *I blame coco f.t Robyn - Caesar *Biffy Clyro - God and devil Bubbles *Arctic Monkeys - while the sunlight is going down I wager you seem good on the dancefloor Fluorescent Adolescent *The view - Skag well-liked (very corresponding to FLORENCE) *Ladyhawke - nightfall til first gentle My Delirium

Answer 9

Regina Spektor's the ghost of corporative future....it seems silly but if you pay atenttion its very deep

Answer 10

i know stairway to heaven is a satanic song. oh yah legend of whooley swamp by the charley daniels band. great song.

Answer 11

ghost town the specials