How Do You Kill A Ghost?

I've Gotta' Message For This Town, I've Gotta' Message For You.
I've Gotta' Message For This Town, I've Gotta' Message For You.
Hold Me Closer Now That You're Gone.
Hold Me Closer Now That You're Gone.
Where Do You Buy a Gun?
Where Do You Buy a Gun?

I've Gotta' Message For This Town, I've Gotta' Message For You.
I've Gotta' Message For This Town, I've Gotta' Message For You.
Hold Me Closer Now That You're Gone.
Hold Me Closer Now That You're Gone.
How Do You Kill A Ghost?
How Do You Kill A Ghost?
How Do You Kill A Ghost?
How Do You Kill A Ghost?

JOHN: I originally wrote this as a play for Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. I like the mystery of the words I put together, but I will share their fundamental meaning here. I say fundamental meaning because I do believe that the listeners interpretation of a song is just as valid as the intention the writer gives it, especially in songs like this which try to be poetic before they try to be informative. I like writing songs on two levels simultaneously, this intrigues me, and I do feel that clashing ideas finding symbiosis is the core of creativity, in general. I thought about writing a song about the craving to have someone with you who has gone away, and I combined this with the murders in high schools that have been plaguing this country lately, especially in the new when I wrote this. Plus Even In Blackouts has been my place to explore the use of ghostly figures and all the metaphors that they bring with them.