Dancing With Your Ghost – English Lyrics

• By: Sasha Alex Sloan
• Album: Only Child

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poignant lyrics and heartfelt melody of Sasha Alex Sloan's "Dancing With Your Ghost." This evocative ballad offers a beautiful way to connect with English expressions of grief, longing, and the universal experience of holding onto memories. You'll learn vocabulary related to emotional struggle and introspection, while appreciating how music can articulate the most vulnerable human feelings. Its simple, raw language makes it accessible for understanding profound emotions in English.

[English]

Yellin' at the sky, screamin' at the world

Baby, why'd you go away, I'm still your girl?

Holdin' on too tight, head up in the clouds

Heaven only knows where you are now

How do I love?

How do I love again?

How do I trust?

How do I trust again?

I stay up all night, tell myself I'm alright

Baby, you're just harder to see than most

I put the record on, wait 'til I hear our song

Every night I'm dancing with your ghost

Every night I'm dancing with your ghost

Never got the chance

To say a last goodbye

I gotta move on

But it hurts to try

How do I love?

How do I love again?

How do I trust?

How do I trust again?

I stay up all night, tell myself I'm alright

Baby, you're just harder to see than most

I put the record on, wait 'til I hear our song

Every night I'm dancing with your ghost

Every night I'm dancing with your ghost

How do I love?

How do I love again?

How do I trust?

How do I trust again?

I stay up all night, tell myself I'm alright

Baby, you're just harder to see than most

I put the record on, wait 'til I hear our song

Every night I'm dancing with your ghost

Every night I'm dancing with your ghost

Every night I'm dancing with your ghost

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dance /dæns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period of darkness from sunset to sunrise
ghost /ɡəʊst/ A1	noun - the spirit of a dead person
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel affection for
trust /trʌst/ A1	noun - believing someone is reliable, honest, and worthy of confidence verb - to believe someone is reliable, honest, and worthy of confidence
see /si/ A1	verb - to look at
record /rɪkɔːrd/ B1	noun - a device for playing sound or video recordings
wait /weɪt/ A1	verb - to expect something to happen in the future
hurt /hɜːrt/ A1	verb - to cause physical pain noun - physical pain
try /traɪ/ A1	verb - to make an effort to do something
move /muːv/ A1	verb - to change position or place
harder /ˈhɑːrdər/ B1	adjective - more difficult
most /məʊst/ A1	adverb - to the greatest degree or extent adjective - greatest in number or amount
every /ˈevri/ A1	adverb - at all times; always adjective - existing or happening now
last /lɑːst/ A1	adjective - remaining or existing noun - the time just before something ends
say /seɪ/ A1	verb - to express or state something with words

Key Grammar Structures

• Baby, why'd you go away, I'm still your girl?

  ➔ Contraction & Question Formation

  ➔ The use of "why'd" is a contraction of "why did". The sentence is a direct question seeking a reason for someone's departure. The use of 'still' emphasizes the speaker's continued feelings.

• Heaven only knows where you are now

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression & Present Continuous

  ➔ "Heaven only knows" is an idiom meaning no one knows. "Where you are now" uses the present continuous to describe the speaker's current uncertainty about the person's location.

• I put the record on, wait 'til I hear our song

  ➔ Phrasal Verb & 'til (until)

  ➔ "Put the record on" is a phrasal verb meaning to start playing a record. "'til" is a colloquial shortening of "until", indicating the speaker will wait until the song begins.

• Every night I'm dancing with your ghost

  ➔ Present Continuous for Habitual Action & Metaphor

  ➔ The present continuous ("I'm dancing") is used here not to describe an action happening *right now*, but a repeated action – a habitual activity. “Dancing with your ghost” is a metaphor for remembering and emotionally engaging with the memory of the person.