“Ghost,” originally released as a single from debut EP Room 93 was the first song Halsey ever wrote and recorded. Following its success, it then appeared on her debut album, Badlands,
From an interview with Metrolyrics:
“Ghost,” for me, is a song about being in a relationship with someone who is...
[Intro]
I'm searching for something that I can't reach
[Verse 1]
I don't like them innocent, I don't want no face fresh
Want them wearing leather, begging, let me be your taste test
I like the sad eyes, bad guys, mouth full of white lies
Kiss me in the corridor, but quick to tell me goodbye
[Pre-Chorus]
You say that you're no good for me
'Cause I'm always tugging at your sleeve
And I swear I hate you when you leave
But I like it anyway
[Chorus]
My ghost, where'd you go?
I can't find you in the body sleeping next to me
My ghost, where'd you go?
What happened to the soul that you used to be?
[Verse 2]
You're a Rolling Stone boy, never-sleep-alone boy
Got a million numbers and they're filling up your phone, boy
I'm off the deep end, sleeping all night through the weekend
Saying that I love him but I know I'm gonna leave him
[Pre-Chorus]
You say that you're no good for me
'Cause I'm always tugging at your sleeve
And I swear I hate you when you leave
But I like it anyway
[Chorus]
My ghost, where'd you go?
I can't find you in the body sleeping next to me
My ghost, where'd you go?
What happened to the soul that you used to be?
[Bridge]
I'm searching for something that I can't reach
[Chorus]
My ghost, where'd you go?
I can't find you in the body sleeping next to me
My ghost, where'd you go?
What happened to the soul that you used to be?
Ghost was written by Halsey & Dylan Scott.
Ghost was produced by Dylan Scott.
In her Room 93 commentary from her Spotify channel, Halsey said:
“Ghost” was one of the first songs I ever wrote in like, an actual studio environment. I wrote it with my friend Dylan Scott, who is a band called Young Rising Sons. I just started The Halsey project, I had no idea what I was doing an...
In a 2015 interview with Popjustice, Halsey explained the origin story of “Ghost:”
I got in the studio with a friend Anthony and he was like, ‘hey, I know you’ve got a pretty cool voice. We’re writing a commercial for a yoghurt company, do you wanna come in and sing on it and make 500 bucks?’. I wa...