A clearly-worded song about moving on and feeling haunted. Vocal layers, tremolo guitars, and vintage keyboards add a pleasing, yet stirring tone. Drums by Fred E. Jam

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You might think this one's about a love relationship gone sour, but it's not (Of course it can apply that way if it helps tell your story!)

Objects in the rear-view mirror
May look bigger than they really are
We're a million miles from yesterday
Why can't you just be glad we've come this far?

I know you still have deep regrets
You say we should have never grown apart
But I get so sad to hear those words
Cause I know I just don't feel that in my heart

Chorus:
Give up the ghost
That leads you to stand with your foot in the door
Give up the ghost
I don't want to haunt you in the night anymore
Just to know I'm like a specter to you
Comes back through the dark to haunt me too
Get over it
Please snap out of it
Give up the ghost

When we forced our dreams upon each other
All we did was hold each other back
You denied my having second thoughts
You could not believe me when my bags were packed

I know you still have deep regrets
You're tending to your wounded sense of pride
But I get so sick to hear you say
We could have been amazing if we tried

Chorus:
Give up the ghost
That leads you to stand with your foot in the door
Give up the ghost
I don't want to haunt you in the night anymore
Just to know I'm like a spectre to you
Comes back through the dark to haunt me too
Get over it
Please snap out of it
Give up the ghost