Ghosts (How Can I Move On) (song)
| Muse song | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ghosts (How Can I Move On)[1] |
| Album/single | Will of the People (5) |
| Length | 3:37[2] |
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| First live performance | |
| Latest live performance | |
| Recorded | 2021 |
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy |
| Producer | Muse |
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| Won't Stand Down | < | Ghosts (How Can I Move On) | > | You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween |
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| Simulation Theory (2018) | < | Will of the People (2022) | > | |
Description
The song's title has been "officially" leaked on March 14th, 2022 via the JSON output from wontstanddown.muse.mu, which contains basic album info.
As mentioned by NME, the song, lyrically, empathises with those who lost their loved ones during the pandemic. Musically, it's described by NME as an "elegiac piano glower".[3] According to Bellamy, the song spawned from his solo work, which he was busy with during the pandemic times, focusing on just piano and vocals; "That was the first time I really tried to do a simple piano/vocal ballad. I guess you’re always going to be in the company of people who have had big hits with those kinds of things. For us it was a bit of an unusual move. I’ve always had piano here and there, but never really a song that’s just vocal and piano. To be honest, I played the song for the guys in the band, and we weren’t sure if it was going to be on a Muse album. But they really liked it and we thought, "You know what, this adds a little bit of color, so maybe it can be on." I’m not sure yet to what extent it will be played live.".
The term "piano ballad" is mentioned for Ghosts in an album review by Mark Beaumont for Classic Rock Magazine with Premier Guitar stating, that Ghosts is a "big piano number" which "opens with an arpeggiated keyboard figure similar to Adele's mega-hit, "Someone Like You"".[4] Riff Magazine mentioned that the piano playing is inspired by Rachmaninoff.
Live
Lyrics
Incomplete (source)
Now and then
My mind drifts to a place where I find you Lost in my head There are unsolved feelings that haunt me It's too late to heal I'll lay them to rest
How can I move on When everyone I see still talks about you How can I move on When all the best things I have we made together Here's to letting go But I am lost in a void With your ghost and our memories Lest we forget The great reset
If I could bring you back There are truths and confessions I'd tell you I'd set things straight And I believe that you would love and forgive me I know it's too late I need to let go
How can I move on When everyone I see still talks about you How can I move on When all the best things I have we built together Here's to letting go But I am trapped in a void with your ghost and our memories Lest we forget The great reset
How can I sleep with this coldness beside me How can I sleep with this coldness inside me I can't bring back your love
How can I move on When everyone I see still talks about you How can I move on When all the best things I have we made together Here's to letting go But I am lost in a void with your ghost and our memories Lest we forget The great reset