Ghosts Are Gone (In Your Dreams)

Ghosts Are Gone

Lyrics by S. Nicks; Music by Dave Stewart

What happened to her
I thought she was here
Through the eyes of love
I saw her through her tears
I saw her smile
I saw her move on
Like a ghost through the fog
The ghost is gone
What happened to them
I thought it was here
Through the eyes of a child
After all these years
He wasn't true
He wasn't clear
Oh no, not even to his song
The ghosts are gone
Gone are the ghosts
Now forgotten
Yeah....
Gone is the lost world
It's easy to change
Gone are the lost girls
Gone are the lost girls
The girls went home

What happened to them
They opened their doors
They walked right through
They knew it was wrong
Wrong to be swept away
To think they belonged
Now there's only sadness
The boys are gone
Gone are the ghosts
Gone is the lost world, yeah
You're too crazy to change
But never forgotten
Gone are the lost girls
Gone are the lost girls
Gone...
The girls went home
What happened to him
I thought he was here
Through the eyes of love
I saw him through his tears
I saw him smile
I saw him move on
Like a ghost through the fog
Ghost through the fog
Close to the fog
The ghosts are gone
I saw him smile
I saw him move on
Like a ghost through the fog
And the ghost is gone
What happened to him
I thought he was here
Through the eyes of a child
I saw him disappear
He wasn't clear
Not even to his song
The ghost is gone
The ghosts are gone
Ghost through the fog
Like a silver shadow
Gone wrong
Like a ghostly whisper
She's gone
Like a silvery rainbow
Like a ghost through the fog
Like a ghost through the fog
Like a golden rainbow
Like a golden rainbow
Like a song
Like a ghostly whisper
Gone wrong
Like a silvery rainbow
Goin' down
Goin' down

WEBMISTRESS speculates:

This song confuses me a bit. The re-use of "like a ghost through the fog" from Angel (a line which had already been recycled once in Sweet Girl) makes me think there might be a Lindsey connection as does the line "he wasn't clear / not even to his song." One also might remember that Stevie recorded a song called Ghosts, but I don't think that's related conceptually. The message I get from the lyrics: change is inevitable and one must move on from sadness and loss. How is that like a silvery and/or golden rainbow? How is that like a silver shadow and a ghostly whisper? I'm not sure, except that the latter two - like the oft-used "ghost through the fog" - are hard to discern and fade away.

I find the way she changes genders in the verses interesting, like it's two sides of the story - they're both feeling the same things, although they may not realize it.

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