Dopo averla presentata in occasione di una live su Tik Tok lo scorso 24 gennaio, venerdì 2 agosto è finalmente stata resa disponibile all’ascolto la nuova canzone di BoyWithUke, dal titolo Ghost.
Prima di andarne a scoprire il significato del testo, però, facciamo un piccolo recap sulle generalità di questo musicista.
BoyWithUke, nome d’arte di Charley Yang, è un cantante americano con origini coreane, diventato famoso grazie a TikTok a partire dal 2020. Tra i suoi singoli, spopolati proprio grazie alla piattaforma social, possiamo citare Two moons, Toxic, Out of reach, Trauma e Migraine, oltre al sopracitato, da poco uscito, Ghost.
Significato di “Ghost”
Il nuovo brano di BoyWithUke è un malinconico racconto di rimorsi che riguardano occasioni mancate nei confronti di un amore ormai perduto, per colpa dell’incapacità dell’artista di tramutare in parole i sussurri del proprio cuore.
Sebbene provi il desiderio cocente di abbandonarsi a una storia totalizzante, il cantante si rende tuttavia al contempo conto di come le sue speranze non siano altro che un sogno, e che probabilmente tali rimarranno.
Testo della canzone
I should’ve told you
When I had the chance
I should’ve told you when I had the chance
Lost in the memories we don’t have
I wanted to hold you in hopeless romance
Mmm, you fade like a ghost
I’ve been from London to Aberdeen (Wow)
Inside a coupe and from inside a private limousine (Cool?)
Do you think it really matters if I wear designer? (No)
‘Cause I don’t, if I don’t have her, what’s the point of finer things? (Things)
I’m ex nihilo, like Augustine (Amеn)
But I confess I haven’t been the bеst internally (Why not?)
I keep seeing two moons in my dreams (Again?)
Can you tell me what they really mean?
I should’ve told you when I had the chance
Lost in the memories we don’t have
I wanted to hold you in hopeless romance
Can you catch me when I fall? (Fall)
I’m in love with the idea (Idea)
Of who you are (I’m in love with a lie)
I tried to look the other way
But I’m lying to myself
I never wanted it to end
I had no other option
I had to find a way to leave before you walked in
At the end the chase was all I really wanted
But it’s too late for that
You give heart attacks
And I find it hard to sleep (It’s hard to sleep)
‘Cause I’m afraid of Ghosts, and I can hear you talking (Blah, blah, blah, blah)
So perpetual, you show no sign of stopping (Stop)
It’s too late for that, (Ah) can’t you understand? (Ah)
I should’ve told you (Told you)
When I had the chance (I never had the chance)
Lost in the memories we don’t have (Never had it, never have)
I wanted to hold you (Holding onto hope)
In hopeless romance (Hopeless romance)
Mmm, you fade like a Ghost (Like a Ghost, like a Ghost)
(Ahh, you fade like a Ghost)
(Ahh, you fade like a Ghost)
(I should’ve told you)
(When I had the chance)
(La, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la)
You could at least just make it easy (Easy)
You know I hate bein’ so needy (Needy)
Got my attention on a leash and I don’t want it back
Unintentionally acting creepy (Creepy)
In front of her, but she can’t see me (Yeah, can’t see)
I think she thinks I’m on the spectrum, oh (Ooh)
I’m pretty sure she wants to leave (Wants to leave)
And I don’t blame her
