“Dancing with Ghosts” by Pink Turns Blue – A Song Feature

      Three months ago, Rick Beato, a highly respected YouTube personality, presented his observation that most musicians write and/or preform their pinnacle work before the age of 30. Beato’s theory is that aging-related changes in the brain affect a musician’s ability to write and improvise music. If you are interested, his video is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxR6Zi1euvc&t=5s.
 
     Beato listed exceptions to his theory, with most of the exceptions being classical composers. For us, the German band Pink Turns Blue is an exception within the Rock/Post Punk genres. The band released seven albums from 1987 to 1993. The albums received critical acclaim. But their pinnacle work, “TAINTED” dropped in 2021. The standout song on that album is “There Must Be So Much More.” As a strong follow up album. “Black Swan” will be shared on February 28, 2025. “Dancing with Ghosts” is the latest of three single releases from the upcoming album.
 
          “Dancing with Ghosts” is a song about a troubled relationship. Specifically:
“’Dancing With Ghosts’ is a song about our difficulty of breaking out of an unhealthy bond.
Some last a lifetime – and are not good for us at all. They suck all our energy, never give, always take. And whatever we do, it’s never right and never good enough.
And since it’s often our best friend, mother, or sister, it feels like we owe them something, but every time we try to do something good for them, we just feel miserable and used.
There is no easy way out, because whatever we do, we lose.
These spirits will haunt us forever unless we challenge them and eventually manage to leave them behind.
We’re Dancing With Ghosts.”
 
     The members of Pink Turns Blue are Mic Jogwer (vocals, guitar), Luca Sammuri (bass), and Paul Richter (drums). In an explanation of the title of the upcoming album, they note, “Black Swan is a term used for an unexpected event that, in retrospect, is rationalized as if one could have prepared for it.”
 
     “Dancing with Ghosts” by Pink Turns Blue

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Lyrics of “Dancing with Ghosts” by Pink Turns Blue

I’ve got to go now
You’re eating my soul
I’ve got to kill all love
Or I will fall
I need to bury you now
To stop the pain
Our love needs to end now
Or I’m going insane
 
Go dancing with ghosts now
Go dancing with ghosts now
 
Just leave me alone now
To live my life
Could strive for happiness
Because this would be right
Can fuck up without you
Don’t need you at all
Can grow with a challenge
But can’t solve yours
 
Go dancing with ghosts now
Go dancing with ghosts now
Go dancing with ghosts now
Go dancing with ghosts now
 
I’m trying to reach the light
Trying to get to the other side
I’m trying to pass the door
Because I know there’s so much more
And find my own keys to life
To reach the stairs of heaven alright
Been part of yours for too long
Now it’s time to live my own, my own
 
To live my own life
To live my own life
 
Go dancing with ghosts now
[Repeating]