“We Are Ghosts” By VNXI – A Song Feature

 

     There is an eeriness to the initial seconds of the song from VNXI, which is fitting given the title “We Are Ghosts.” Then, a punchy and crisp percussive rhythm enters as the foundation of vocals that have the weight and timbre that characterize singles from Ireland’s VNXI. As the song progresses, the complexity of the instrumentation expands and contracts, as if “We Are Ghosts” is breathing.
 
     The band provides an insight into the meaning of “We Are Ghosts. Vocalist Kurtis Wade Murphy says on the track:
  "There’s something beautiful about thinking of the past as being filled with ghosts. I think that’s often true about love. We can go through years of growth and be someone completely unrecognizable to who you were when you loved someone from the past, but when you think of that person you still see them as they were and not as they are. Old love and the mistakes we often make when we’re young can haunt us for a long time. Writing a song about this was a way to confront the haunting nature of past love and learn to leave it there."
 
     Our best understanding of the lyrics is included in this post. They often reflect uncertainty in the relationship by beginning a line with “Maybe.” Kurtis Wade Murphy’s insight that “when you think of that person [you once loved], you still see them as they were and not as they are” is reflected in the lyrics. We particularly appreciate the poetry of “Passing through life not noticing time like ghosts pass through a wall  // Remnants of our love warm me like a drug I can't kick at all.”
 
       VNXI is comprised of Kurtis Wade Murphy (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Noely Musgrave (bass, synth), Andy L'Estrange (lead guitar, keys), and Leo Cassandro (drums). The band crafts cinematic rock uplifted by pop ambition, soundtrack-worthy sonic architecture, and good old-fashioned hometown authenticity.
 
     “We Are Ghosts” By VNXI

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Lyrics of “We Are Ghosts” By VNXI
Maybe there's nothing in our way
Maybe we're both feeling the same
And I am your ghost, as you are my ghost
Maybe there's something in our minds
Maybe it freezes up sometimes
And that makes us cold, maybe we're cold
 
Passing through life not noticing time like
Ghosts pass through a wall
Remnants of our love alive in songs we sung
Nights we slept not at all
 
We said together, we will grow up
Until we are ghosts, so
We are, we are, we are, we are
We said together, we will grow up
Until we are ghosts, so
We are, we are, we are, we are
We are ghosts
We are, we are ghosts
 
Maybe I am just what you need
Maybe you bring out the best in me
And maybe we're blood, maybe we're just blood[?]
Maybe you are my counterweight
Maybe I make you believe in faith
Maybe even God, maybe even God
 
Passing through life not noticing time like
Ghosts pass through a wall
Remnants of our love warm me like a drug
I can't kick at all
 
We said together, we will grow up
Until we are ghosts oh
We are, we are, we are, we are
We said together, we will grow old
Until we are ghosts oh
We are, we are, we are, we are
We are ghosts
We are, we are ghosts
We are, we are ghosts
We are, we are ghosts
 
Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh
We are, we are ghosts
Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh
We are, we are ghosts
 
I love you still
Till we are ghosts
I'll love you still
Till we are, we are
Till we are, we are ghosts