The first single from Ghost’s fifth studio album, Impera, was also the first released song from the soundtrack of Halloween Kills, in which Michael Myers is hunted down by an angry mob in Haddonfield.
Tobias Forge told Metal Hammer:
An ode to classic horror. There was something nostalgic and longi...
[Verse 1]
It's been a long time coming
I'm coming back for you, my friend
To where we'd hide as children
I'm coming back for you, my friend
[Chorus]
Though my memories have faded
They come back to haunt me once again
And though my mind is somewhat jaded
Now, it's time for me to strike again
Tonight, it's a Hunter's Moon
[Verse 2]
Under a headstone, sister
I'm dying to see you, my friend (Ah)
Back in the old cemetery
I'm dying to see you, my friend
[Chorus]
Though my memories have faded
They come back to haunt me once again
And though my mind is somewhat jaded
Now, it's time for me to strike again
Tonight, it's a Hunter's Moon
[Bridge]
Celare soror mea
Mors tua, vita mea
Celare soror mea
Mors vincit omnia
I'm coming
I'm dying
To see you
One last time together
[Chorus]
Though my memories have faded
They come back to haunt me once again
And though my mind is somewhat jaded
Now, it's time for me to strike again
I'm coming back for you, my friend
Tonight, it's a Hunter's Moon
[Outro]
(Hunt, hunt, Hunter's Moon)
(Hunt, hunt, hunter's)
(Hunt, hunt, hunter)
Hunter’s Moon was written by Tobias Forge & Fat Max Gsus.
Hunter’s Moon was produced by Klas Åhlund.
Ghost released Hunter’s Moon on Thu Sep 30 2021.
Tobias Forge:
This song was written specifically for the Halloween Kills soundtrack, which made it so much easier to write because I knew the context. If “Call Me Little Sunshine” is a voice inside the head that’s actually coming from outside, ‘Hunter’s Moon’ is inside the empire of the brain of a...