The song is about nostalgia, about longing for something that was in the past. And sometimes when you have a memory of something that happened in the past turns it into something that it might not have been.
[Part I: Ghuleh]
[Intro: Papa Emeritus II]
Ghuleh, Ghuleh
Ghuleh, Ghuleh
[Verse 1: Papa Emeritus II]
Putrefaction, a scent that cursed be
Undercoat of dust
From the darkness, rise as succubus
From the earthen rust
[Verse 2: Papa Emeritus II]
Haeresis Dea, once a majesty
Now, exposing bone
From the darkness, rise as succubus
And usurp the throne
[Part II: Zombie Queen]
[Verse 1: Papa Emeritus II]
The moon is full and shines an evil
Blinding light
Under a monolith, her likeness
Marble white
[Chorus: Papa Emeritus II]
Zombie Queen, Zombie Queen
Black light guides you, Ghuleh, Ghuleh
Zombie Queen, Zombie Queen
Black light guides you, Ghuleh, Ghuleh
[Verse 2: Papa Emeritus II]
Up from the stinking dirt, she rises
Ghastly pale
Shapeshifting soon, but now she's rigid
Stiff and stale
[Chorus: Papa Emeritus II & St. Trident Tenors of Tinseltown]
Zombie Queen, Zombie Queen
Black light guides you, Ghuleh, Ghuleh
Zombie Queen, Zombie Queen
Black light guides you, Ghuleh, Ghuleh
Zombie Queen, Zombie Queen
Black light guides you, Ghuleh, Ghuleh
Ghuleh / Zombie Queen was written by Tobias Forge & A Ghoul Writer.
Ghuleh / Zombie Queen was produced by Nick Raskulinecz.
Ghost released Ghuleh / Zombie Queen on Wed Apr 10 2013.
A Nameless Ghoul told Loudwire:
She is the romanticized idea of either a being or a time being lost. It is about nostalgia. The absence of time or a person or a being or something has a tendency to fog up the idea of what the actual nature of that thing or person is. I have been out on the road for...
A Nameless Ghoul said in an interview:
Not really. I have their records, but they’re not a huge influence on the band. Them being part of an era, that era felt influential, but there are elements of “Ghuleh” that are very typical of ‘70s Swedish music. I think that a lot of people growing up in Swe...