"Ghost"

"Ghost" is a song by the American rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the fifth track on their 2015 album The Color Before the Sun. A demo version of the song was released on The Color Before the Sun (Big Beige / 4th Street Demos) album and on the The Color Before the Sun: Deconstructed album.

Lyrics
[Verse 1] I fuss and fight my curiosity With welcome arms and frightened fingers, twitched anxiety Here it comes, a clean slate, picture perfect, no mistakes How am I to keep from blemishing this masterpiece?

How am I to know? How am I to know?

[Verse 2] As a boy I watched the world through broken eyes Given to me by a man, his wife and all they had disguised Uncertainty now keeps me asking how I’ll lead the most As they became, or will I teach the examples of their ghost?

[Refrain] Free me From this body I just wanna, wanna be on the outside Looking in (on you...) Free me From this body I just wanna, wanna be on the outside Looking in

[Outro] Free me Free me

Background
Sanchez said, "Ghost is a very introspective song. It’s an acoustic track, and it ends Side A of the record. Once I knew we were expecting the birth of our first son, this song allowed me a moment to question myself and ask what kind of a father I was going to be. It was all so new to me, and I wondered whether it was going to be an original experience, or if I was going to echo the ghost of my parents and their upbringing. I’m sure it’ll be a little bit of both, but that’s why I approached the song in such a stripped down manner. It’s me contemplating my future as a father. And the more I look at this album now, the more I think there is a concept there, it’s just more autobiographical rather than a science-fiction fantasy. It’s a story about a man and his wife, and the trials that they endure pre- and post-parenthood. It’s like a Coheed and Cambria concept record, except that it’s about Claudio and Chondra."