Sting - ghost story

화자는 저무는 서쪽 하늘을 바라보며, 겨울의 도래와 함께 지난 사랑에 대한 회상에 잠긴다
사랑의 상처와 그로 인해 생긴 두려움 속에서 자신을 숨기고 있지만, 여전히 마음속 깊이 사랑의 감정이 남아 있음을 깨닫는다
결국 사랑하는 것에 대한 두려움과 고독을 토로하며, 그리움과 상실감 속에서 방황한다

I watch the western sky, the sun is sinking
The geese are flying south, it sets me thinking
I did not miss you much, I did not suffer
What did not kill me just made me tougher
I feel the winter come, his icy sinews
Now in the firelight, the case continues
Another night in court, the same old trial
The same old questions asked, the same denial
The shadows close me round, like jury members
I look for answers in the fire's embers
Why was I missing then, that whole December?
I give my usual line: I don't remember
Another winter comes, his icy fingers creep
Into these bones of mine, these memories never sleep
And all these differences, a cloak I borrow
We kept our distances, why should it follow
That I must have loved you?
What is the force that binds the stars?
I wore this mask to hide my scars
What is the power that pulls the tide?
I never could find a place to hide
What moves the Earth around the sun?
What could I do but run and run and run?
Afraid to love, afraid to fail
A mast without a sail