Ghosts Again – English Lyrics

• By: Depeche Mode
• Album: Memento Mori

Lyrics & Translation

Explore themes of life and mortality with Depeche Mode's 'Ghosts Again,' a poignant synth-pop track that balances melancholy and joy. This song, rich with lyrical depth and musical innovation, offers a unique opportunity to delve into the English language while contemplating deeper existential questions .

[English]

♪ Wasted feelings ♪

♪ Broken meanings ♪

♪ Time is fleeting ♪

♪ See what it brings ♪

♪ Helloes, goodbyes ♪

♪ A thousand midnights ♪

♪ Lost in sleepless lullabies ♪

♪ Heaven’s dreaming ♪

♪ Thoughtless thoughts, my friends ♪

♪ We know we’ll be ghosts again♪

♪ Sunday’s shining ♪

♪ Silver linings ♪

♪ Weightless hours ♪

♪ All my flowers ♪

♪ A place to hide ♪

♪ The tears that you cried ♪

♪ Everybody says goodbye ♪

♪ Faith is sleeping ♪

♪ Lovers, in the end ♪

♪ Whisper we’ll be ghosts again♪

♪ Heaven’s dreaming ♪

♪ Thoughtless thoughts, my friends ♪

♪ We know we’ll be ghosts again♪

♪ Faith is sleeping ♪

♪ Lovers, in the end ♪

♪ Whisper we’ll be ghosts again♪

Key Grammar Structures

• ♪ Wasted feelings ♪

  ➔ Past participle as an adjective

  ➔ The word "Wasted" is the past participle of the verb "to waste" and is used here as an adjective to describe "feelings."

• ♪ See what it brings ♪

  ➔ Noun clause as object

  ➔ The phrase "what it brings" is a noun clause functioning as the direct object of the verb "See." It answers the question "See what?"

• ♪ Lost in sleepless lullabies ♪

  ➔ Past participle describing a state/condition

  ➔ The word "Lost" is the past participle of "to lose" and acts as an adjective describing a state or condition, often implying "being lost."

• ♪ We know we’ll be ghosts again♪

  ➔ Future simple ('ll) and implied 'that' in a noun clause

  ➔ "we'll be" is the contraction of "we will be," expressing a future prediction. The conjunction "that" is implicitly understood before "we'll be ghosts again," which is common in informal English.

• ♪ Sunday’s shining ♪

  ➔ Present continuous tense (contracted 'is')

  ➔ "Sunday's" is a contraction of "Sunday is," forming the present continuous tense "Sunday is shining," which describes an ongoing action.

• ♪ A place to hide ♪

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ The infinitive "to hide" is used here to express the purpose or function of "a place."

• ♪ The tears that you cried ♪

  ➔ Defining relative clause

  ➔ "that you cried" is a defining relative clause modifying "The tears," providing essential information about which tears are being referred to.

• ♪ Everybody says goodbye ♪

  ➔ Indefinite pronoun with a singular verb

  ➔ "Everybody" is an indefinite pronoun, which always takes a singular verb ("says"), even though it refers to multiple people.

• ♪ Whisper we’ll be ghosts again♪

  ➔ Reporting verb with implied 'that'

  ➔ The reporting verb "Whisper" is followed directly by a clause ("we'll be ghosts again") without the conjunction "that," which is common in informal speech and song lyrics.