Ghost - Witch Image with lyrics
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Band Ghost
Album Prequelle
Song Witch Image
Released June 1, 2018
Recorded 2017
You have never stood this close to where you want to be
You have always waded in the shallows between me and the deep blue sea
You'd never want me to appear
You never want this to be over
You never want it to reach out to the edge of time
While you sleep in earthly delight
Someone's flesh is rotting tonight
Like no other to you
What you've done you can not undo
I have always kept you closer than you have known
I am riding in the shadows behind you on a pale white horse
You 'd never want me to appear
You never want this to be over
Someone's flesh is rotting tonight
Like no other to you
What you have done you can not undo
While you sleep in earthly delight
Still your soul will suffer this plight
Like your father in hell
What you've sold you can not unsell
While you sleep in earthly delight
Someone's flesh is rotting tonight
Like no other to you
What you have done you can not undo
While you sleep in earthly delight
Still your soul will suffer this plight
But like a mother would save
Her own child from digging a grave
Songwriters: Thomas Arthur Dalgety / Suzzane Lyn Shinn
Witch Image lyrics © BMG Rights Management US, LLC
Probably one of the most underrated Ghost songs. It captures the aesthetic Pro Memoria was going for with far less cheese. An absolutely rocking song
My favorite of all of them.. Square hammer and Ritual are close
this is one of their best songs, people are sleeping on it.
Pro Memoria is one of my favourites and I want to get it tattooed
Oh it's my favorite from the album :))
ive been listening to GHOST since I was 2 and now I'm 12 and this is still my favorite GHOST song of all time
the way tobias pronounces things is so satisfying
I'm not really sure how to express this in musical terms, but the way the second chorus just skips some verses and jumps straight into the chorus gives me chills. Wonderfully done!
Personally i dont like it. I Love the pre chorus.
Whats cool about this band is that they break away from standard song structure. I also like the pre chorus but as soon as I heard that little skip the second time I was like "yes!!! This is so interesting and original" . That's why I love these guys
maybe a bridge?
That. That unique structural difference is what made this my favorite Ghost song to date.
That's my favorite part of this song haha
Like legit this whole album gives me the chills. I love how Ghost has a certain sound to their music that no one else possesses in 2020- or at all. Tobias is one of my favorites, he has such a one-of-a-kind haunting, power-driven voice.
Yes! They have the 80's rock sound that not many bands have anymore
Yeaa i agree, something unique, although the latest papa looks (and sounds) a bit like kiss 😊
@@LukuchaRio Blue Oyster Cult comes to mind for me personally!
@@DenpaKei Yeah, I've heard Blue Oyster Cult's song "Don't Fear The Reaper" and I think it's alright, but it's been yonks since I've heard that song, so I can't remember how much like Ghost it sounds. Since I last put that silly comment a few years ago, I've heard a fair bit of 80s rock and I'd say Ghost's guitar tone sounds really like Europe's guitar tone. I've really missed out on me 80s rock, ain't I? 😅 LOL I've missed out on the GOOD shit, I 'ave! 😅 You 'ave a great day, mate and I'll talk to ya l8ter! 😆✌
@@arthor8134 Yeah, I know what ya mean, mate. I think Ghost sound just like Europe, musically. But Tobias/Papa Emeritus/Cardinal Copia actually has a very unique, beautiful voice, I think. 😀 The person we're all replying to said that, themself, and I agree. I just LOVE EVERYTHING about Tobias. He's unique, he's handsome and he's such a nice guy, too. Who could possibly want more than those 3 qualities in a rock star? 😀 Tobias Forge is PERFECT, if you ask me! Well, technically, nobody's perfect, but Tobias is near as it gets to perfect in my opinion. Near as it gets. 😆 You 'ave a great day, now, mate! See ya l8ter! 😆✌
its hard to make rotting flesh sound so catchy....
could catch it on a nail.....
RRRRRRRIP!!!!!
But Tobias did....
Only rivaled by Cannibal Corpse
You know how they talk about how “There is no such thing as a bad rock band/song. You just have to find your thing.”. These boys here are my freaking thing.
@McMillion John yeah, my thing got me through very hard times too
@@tickingtimebomb4139 Same here, m8. Ghost are really cheering me up in this global fucking pandemic! So are Slayer and Cannibal Corpse, too! XD
Favorite song. Got me through a horrible place in life.
Same here. Hope things are better🤘
Hey brother, I hope you're doing all right now (3 years later).
I wish there was 1 hour version of this, so much beauty in this song!
just put it on loop??
All bangers 24/7 from Tobias. He never misses
Mountains drumming is so phenomenal
Ghost just hits every note perfectly especially 0:30
Best band ever. Underrated.
Oui vraiment ❤ Ghost est mon groupe préféré depuis toujours je suis allée à un de leurs concerts quand j'avais 6ans ce fut mon tout premier concert 💗et il était incroyable 😍💖❣️
I have developed a serious crush on this song
LOL, A CRUSH!! XD
One of my all time favorite Ghost songs. It has helped me through some dark times.
I never want this to be over
Moi aussi ❤ ça fait des heures que je met cette musique en boucle 💗💖
same.
Direct message to the former 4 ghouls. You made a deal and you knew this was Tobias's project from the start.
This song "witch Image" is so needed to this whole CD, it is really saying about "someones flesh rotting tonight", I thing Tobias's voice is so smooooooth and beautiful that this Cd needed a song or 2 about death and dying to remind us about that this Cd is about the PLAGUE, and death.
There are a few songs and alot of lines in these songs that are about his law suite with the old members of ghost
The style you present Ghost and the lyrics of Papa Tobias ist awesome. Thank you, and go ahead!
One of the best guitar solos written
Listening to it for the first time as I write these words. when he said "You'd never want me to appear" oh boy. That hooked me right in. This band is in another level. I wish I knew them before, when they came here to Argentina. Also, 15 people out of 1200 are deaf. It's great to know the rate of deaf people is getting lower in the world.
Sería genial que pasaran por aquí.
1:29 This little harmony change is sooo beautiful
Omg that solo was sick...
The last line gets me every time..R.I.P. MOM!
my mom just passed away :(
@@erinmayo5170 7 years now for me...it doesnt get any easier..the void stays till we meet again..and i do believe we will...i talk to my mom all the time.
F
My sweet child gifted this to me🏡🎁💛💎🦄💖today💋💋💋
I absolutely adore the visual of the lyrics in this video! Well done
Check He Is official video
I stumbled across this while going through their back catalogue, after hearing (and loving) 'Impera'. It has that trick, an amazing ear-worm of a chorus with dark lyrics, that characterises some of their better-known songs.
this album is just ridiculous. Brings music back to good old days! melodies are awesome throughout the whole album
I cant understand.did you like it or not?
@@ΜιλτοςΚυριακοπουλος-ν3λ Ναι.
and it closely resembles Square Hammer, which is one of may favourites
This is my favourite off the album.
Just when you get depressed cause metal is dying, comes this deliciousness of a band. 🤘🤘🤘
Metal wasn't and isn't dying. It never will
This isn’t metal lmao
@@willd2239 it is metal.
@@willd2239 not heavy enough for you? Don't listen then!
I saw them in 2018 and I’m seeing them this week, 2023. I can’t wait! Just wanted to listen to this, one of my favorites that they most definitely won’t do!
Best song for a fantastic album ! Harmonies give me goosebumps!👍
Im so in love with this song, so underrated.
What you've done you cannot undo.
What you've sold you cannot unsell.
What you've done you cannot undo
yes thats what he said
Zed from league
Villain, I have done thy mother
@@arjenh7214 Was she any good?????
But you can delete it from your browser history
Damn Ghost made me love hair/glam metal... the end is trully nigh!
I have the CD Prequelle, and I can't stop from hearing a few of the songs on the CD, really the whole Cd is great, I love every song on it, all of them are great. Ghost really do always put out songs that are instantly great, it's so great to know that when you get Ghost's new Cd, you know that you will LOVE the whole damn CD, there are NO "filler" songs, meaning songs that suck, BUT, are just there to fill up the CD. That was a popular thing years ago by pop artists in the 80's have a couple hit songs, the rest were just sucky and boring "filler songs". GHost songs are all GREAT, I have YET to encounter a sucky Ghost song, and I've heard many if NOT ALL songs by Ghost.
Yes!!!
Yass
Well... You were right about the new album 3 yrs later lol
Lovely graphics. They make this creepy song even creepier. Nice work.
2:39 to 2:43 keeps me coming back
Listened to "I believe", "Witch Image"…"Dues in absentia" and Mary on a cross while on 750ug LSD. I was dragged down to hell and eaten by Satan and thought it was the actual end of the world. Whole new meaning of fucked up.
Excuse me!!...but I only see a few Ghost songs. Do more!!! The way you present them is fantastic!! Bravo😈
I LOVE THIS SONG
Je vous écoute depuis que je suis né vous avez toujours été mon groupe préféré ❤je suis déjà allé vous voir en concert quand j'avais 6ans c'était mon tout premier concert 💗 et j'aimerais énormément vous revoir 💞💖
One of the best Ghost songs!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
Reminds me of someone I once thought I knew. Every time I hear this song it will bring back their memory, It’s like a double edged sword it’s both a good and bad thing. Makes me smile.
Every month I find Ghost song which I am certain is the best of all Ghost songs and I have it on repeat (like 1 000x a day) 😂 This time it's Witch Image. Love the lyrics❤Though I love all of them!
Same same 😂
Masterpiece.
Just celebrated my 43rd birthday and remembered this one. The one on a Pale White Horse reminded me that I' one year closer than last time to our 'road trip.' More, if you count the candle I've burnt at the other end too.' Not only have I been pissing my life away wasting time and procrastinating, I'm doing so with habits that'll bring it about sooner. I gotta think more of loved ones like my Mother and how they'd have to bury me along with all our shared regrets. For they wouldn't want me to have to bury them like that like we all did with my Father in Hell.
I love how beautiful these lyrics sound with his voice until you read them
The perfect song doesn't exi... Ohhh shit wait!!!!!
God this makes me incredibly emotional.
love this song, one of their best
When you can't unhear the discorded horror movie synth stabs in the background during the intro.
Why have you done this to me
Damn now i can't unhear them :D
Subliminal
It’s also in the chorus. I’m never going to be able to hear this song the same way again LMFAO
Now i cant unhear them too 🙁😢
I LOVE this song.
Great tune, why this band are not headlining festivals is beyond me, best band on the planet right now
So underrated it's a crime!
From my interpretation, this song is the devil speaking to someone who sold their soul. "You never want this to be over" is the person don't wanting to do their part of the deed and not wanting to go to hell in the end. "You'd never wanted me to appear" is the person don't wanting for the devil to come for them in the end. "What you've done, you cannot undo" and "what you've sold, you cannot unsell" means that even if they regret it, their soul's selling can't be undone, and they ultimately will "suffer this plight"
Maybe not the devil but death since it's talking about riding a pale white horse.
Someones flesh is rotting tonight
yes thats what he said thank you
I understand a little bit but i want learn more with these songs 💕
A year old. Fuck that's gone quick..I fucking love this track
imagine 4 years
>Like a mother would save her own child from digging a grave
i honestly cried a little right there. no mother would want their child to sell their soul to satan, mothers want to protect and love their children. sad really
Aye, but if you think about it....Lucifer is the bearer of light....the one who brought knowledge against the wishes of God in the garden. He is the challenger....the rebellion...the questioner. He is enlightenment against the drogge.
How can knowledge be evil?
Ignorance may be bliss...but I'd suffer knowledge over stupidity any day.
@@WhiteravenD76 thank you for giving me my next argument against my Christan teacher
@@WhiteravenD76 200,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki would disagree with you but....
@@Selkirk69 you mean like Unit 731?
@@obadiah_vandal or the unknown "intelligence houses" of Operation Phoenix yup
SOLO
This is how lyric videos should be
my absolute favorite ghost song, AND song in general
I love this song!! The guitar work is epic as usual
You have never stood this close to where you want to be
You have always waded in the shallows between me and the deep blue sea
You'd never want me to appear
You never want this to be over
You never want it to reach out to the edge of time
While you sleep in earthly delight
Someone's flesh is rotting tonight
Like no other to you
What you've done you can not undo
I have always kept you closer than you have known
I am riding in the shadows behind you on a pale white horse
You 'd never want me to appear
You never want this to be over
Someone's flesh is rotting tonight
Like no other to you
What you have done you can not undo
While you sleep in earthly delight
Still your soul will suffer this plight
Like your father in hell
What you've sold you can not unsell
While you sleep in earthly delight
Someone's flesh is rotting tonight
Like no other to you
What you have done you can not undo
While you sleep in earthly delight
Still your soul will suffer this plight
But like a mother would save
Her own child from digging a grave
oh thanks man i couldnt find the lyrics there seems to be NO LYRIC VIDEOS FOR THIS SONG.
i absolutely ADORE this song so much :((( especially considering the meaning of the song
Maybe my fav
You d never want me to appear-you d never want it to be oveeeer!
Thanks for this video! Loved the song anyway but it's way better now for knowing the true meaning!👍❤
So, the song is sung from the point of view of the Grim Reaper? I'm sure that isn't correct, I'm just guessing. I'm pretty sure that Tobias would be entertained by people trying to guess what Ghost's songs mean. It may be Satan's point of view? Somewhere Tobias is laughing reading people's guesses about his songs. Well, IF he reads TH-cam comments. I doubt he does.
My mum died last year. It makes me think of that. Let's just be honest about death and celebrate everything
@@meapantz1983 Sorry to hear about your mum.
In top 3 fav from ghost. Great song, great lyrics, great melodies and with that ghost twist.
You (you)
Have never stood this close to where you want to be
You (you)
Have always waded in the shallows
Between me and the deep blue sea
You'd never want me to appear
You never want it to be over
You never want it to reach out to the edge of time
While you sleep in earthly delight
Someone's flesh is rotting tonight
Like no other to you
What you've done you cannot undo
I (I)
Have always kept you closer than you've known
I (I)
I am riding in the shadows
Behind you on a pale white horse
You'd never want me to appear
You never want this to be over
Someone's flesh is rotting tonight
Like no other to you
What you've done you cannot undo
While you sleep in earthly delight
Still, your soul will suffer this plight
Like your father in hell
What you've sold you cannot unsell
While you sleep in earthly delight
Someone's flesh is rotting tonight
Like no other to you
What you've done you cannot undo
While you sleep in earthly delight
Still, your soul will suffer this plight
But like a mother would save
Her own child from digging a grave
I get very strong 69 Eyes vibes from this song. Love it!
something is just so haunting and entrancing about this song, i’m addicted
I saved a rescue cat, beautiful best friend. The previous family all died. And his original name is Tobias, I knew he was the one 🖤
This song is so great!!!
Ghost Oyster Cult.
TheTerzula agreed!
Yes! Pretty nice, this album in particular is very BOC.
Freemason cult
I wish ghost would do a cover of "Astronomy". Metallica did a good cover on their "Garage Inc." album.
@@victorhf9804 BoC are supposed to release a new studio album in 2020...!
Indeed, so underrated song! Imho this is a rare and perfect example, how a good song can transform to a masterpiece due to a perfect quitar solo at 1:59. Moreover, quitar solos in every single Ghost song, is absolutely genius
what a masterpiece
My favorite!
One of my next favorite songs other than rats faith and see the light top favorite songs
My friend recommend this song. I am glad she did
My kids have been warning me not to overplay this song. I'm not sure I can comply with that request.
so good
Essa música é simplesmente viciante!!! Não paro de escutar!!!
Love it. That is all
THE 666K VIEWS IS SO ICONIC.
My friend said this song sounds like the gadget room in the club penguins DS game
Damn I love this shit
passar aqui pra marcar, a tempos que vivo em loop nessa
Listening to this with a life changing decision
Love the C'thulu album art so much.
Not Cthulhu
Freaking awesome song!!!!
This goes to all the people who slept in delight while I was rotting that night
As a transgender atheist this song feels like a reminder that I am hurtling towards death and it makes me want to transition and make the most out of my life before I die.
As an ex-transgender who moved on from my battle of wanting to transition and nailing my dysphoric thoughts, I wish you the best... Good luck with your battle and your transition darl.
Fuck yeah! Become your true self, become the best version of you! Dont let anyone ever tell you you cant!
The fuck has this ro do with the song? I dont go about saying as a white agnostic, I like this song, fix up. Many people have watched this video, not even 200 comments, most here have seen your comment, 20 likes and 2 replies not including mine.
Huge hint I'm giving = nobody gives a shit stop throwing it in our face
Well 4 years have passed...Hopefully you changed your mind.
As a man who will always be a man and not some woke mentally retarded idiot, I find this song amazing.
Any Liz the wizard fans here?
I'm a Christian and I got to say lol I gotta shake my head right after listening to this band. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
music transcends race and creed.
Why did they never upload it ? Or played it in shows ? It's my favorite 💔
Ghost make hear metal again.
Keep working on your English there my friend
TAAS REALLY GOOD song and just the right words my life situation 😓😓💔😥
a great song
I Beat Melania a few days ago in Elden Ring. and this song reminded me of her so bad. "While you sleep in earthly delight" You find her sleeping/lifeless next to a tree. "someones soul is rotting tonight" The Scarlet Rot that she unleashed on Radahn and the Calied wilds.