# Ghosts Don’t Believe In Me | Unknower

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# Ghosts Don’t Believe In Me

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From [Ghost Towns](https://unknowermusic.com/releases/ghost-towns) · Track 8 · 2026

A Ghost Towns song whose supplied lyrics circle absent friends, broken trust, and the hope of leaving an assigned tomb.

3:27releasedConfidence: mixed

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Lyrics · artist-supplied

I pace around the headstones of the ones I’ve believed in most  
They vanish when I need them, but show up when they need a host  
Now that I’m digging through the past maybe we’ll see them again  
Or maybe I’ll just stay betrayed by them until the bitter end

It’s getting kinda hard to believe in ghosts  
When those ghosts don’t believe in me  
I used to call them friends, but they all disappear and they always seem to haunt me

I used to think I believed in ghosts  
When those ghosts still believed in me  
One day I’ll dig out of the tomb they assigned  
Let the dead be the ones that lose sleep

Maybe I wasn’t made for this after all  
Maybe I was never built to take such a fall  
Maybe all the armor that I wield wasn’t strong enough to take so many direct hits to the shield  
Maybe I’ve been waiting for a sign that isn’t clear  
Maybe I just wanted to keep a friend near  
Now I can barely trust the voice that’s giving me instructions in my ear

Like, ”Maybe you should just stay calm, keep moving on, man you won’t be here for too long  
You’ve seen a lot of ghosts to get this far, so good news is you know where the graves are”

It’s getting kinda hard to believe in ghosts  
When those ghosts don’t believe in me  
I used to call them friends, but they all disappear and they always seem to haunt me

I used to think I believed in ghosts  
When those ghosts still believed in me  
One day I’ll dig out of the tomb they assigned  
Let the dead be the ones that lose sleep

Misery, they call you life  
We were surrounded by it  
You promised us everything nice  
Demanding a sacrifice

And now it’s got me up all night  
Thinking if I just keep these ghosts in sight  
Then I might finally make it alright  
It just might, yeah right

Working interpretation · analysis

> **Interpretation note:** This is analysis of the supplied lyrics, not an authoritative statement of authorial intent.

The narrator describes former friends who disappear when needed but return when they need a “host.” The refrain turns belief into something mutual: it becomes difficult to believe in ghosts that no longer believe in him. Images of headstones, a tomb assigned to him, and an untrustworthy voice giving instructions link betrayal to self-doubt. The promise to dig out of the tomb pushes against being defined by those relationships, while the final “yeah right” leaves open whether keeping the ghosts in sight can actually bring relief.

Themes

friendship, betrayal, self-doubt, ghosts, release

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