MELIORA LIBRARY

papa emeritus i (specifically as papa) / primo (any depiction / mention)

papa emeritus ii (specifically as papa) / secondo (any depiction / mention)

papa emeritus iii (specifically as papa) / terzo (any depiction / mention)

cardinal copia (specifically as cardinal copia) / papa emeritus iv (specifically as papa) / frater imperator (specifically as frater imperator) / cardi (any depiction / mention)

papa v perpetua (specifically as papa) / v (any depiction / mention)

papa nihil (specifically as papa) / nihil (any depiction / mention)

sister imperator

fan art

headcanon (any headcanons posts, mine or others)

the band ghost lore (canon / official lore stuff)

analysis (lore analysis posts)

quotes (posts including quotes from official media)

radley post (my own posts)

BEFORE "SPIRIT"

Alrighty, peoples… Are you ready?! Are you ready? You? Ha!

BEFORE "THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND"

God afton! How are you feeling? Good? It's a Friday night in Sandviken. Have you been [WHISTLES + DRINKING GESTURE]? A little? You're working on it? Okay, good. Well, me too. [FAKE COUGH] Well, anyway! Uh, the times are dire and dark, which is good in a way, but also bad. But I want you kids to remember one thing: nothing ever, ever lasts forever. And, well… We'll cheer one day. But remember now that the future is always a foreign land. Don't forget it.

AFTER "SATANIZED" / BEFORE "RITUAL"

Let's see how Satanized you are, people! You start off by giving us a little clap! Everybody clapping! Yeah! Who knew you could get the claps in Sandviken of all places? Some good old ants in your trumpet, man! Unh!

AFTER "RATS" / BEFORE "KISS THE GO-GOAT"

Hej! How are you feeling now? It's way hotter in here than it was outside. Yeah. Today, we all learned a new word: bandy. Are you bandy fans? No? Wait a minute– How many of you are actually from Sandviken? [CHEERING] Hell. Uh-huh! Sorcery in the house? So the rest of you are from where? [OVERLAPPING AUDIENCE NOISE] Alright, that was dumb. That was dumb. Alright. We're all from somewhere; that's cool. I wish we could get to know each other really well on all parts, all fronts, but we don't really have time to be that close. [PAPA WHINING] But you know what you can get? You know? You can all get a kiss, how 'bout that, huh? Alright!

AFTER "KISS THE GO-GOAT" / BEFORE "MUMMY DUST"

Mwah! Ah– Mwah! Mwah! Ah! Alright, Sandviken, mwah! Yeah! Now… we're gonna get physical, after all! Gonna go and… and find… your taints!

AFTER "MUMMY DUST" / BEFORE "MONSTRANCE CLOCK"

Yeah! Oh yeah?! You like that? Did it tickle? Hm? Good. I felt it too, actually, yeah! After all these years, you can still find a little spot to tingle. And that's a good thing. Ahem. Now… we've got a lot of bills here. These were supposed to be yours. I have no use for these. So maybe Rich– Richie, you can help them out here in the front, at least. Yeah. Oh and– Sandviken, a big round of applause for Richie Surrency here in the front! Yeah. He's the [INAUDIBLE] looking guy in the front, who'll have your money. You should say nice things to him. How 'bout that? How 'bout a big Richie chant? Richie! Richie! [AUDIENCE CHANTING] [PAPA ROLLS A MUMMY DUST JOINT] Here's a little dough doobie for ya. You ready? There you go! Are we having fun, people? Yes we are! Well, not for long, though. You know, it's Friday night, and I know you got other places to go to. [AUDIENCE: NO!] No? I thought you were real raggare. No? I thought you were cruising. I'm sure you wanna go out to the bar! [AUDIENCE: NO!] Well you can't stay here, that's for fucking sure… Ah! Because we're almost done. We're almost at that point. No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Come on! Fucking– Ugh! We've had a great time together, alright? Exactly, that's the spirit! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Don't be giving me any fucking grief. Shh! But! [BUTT] … And I meant men, mmkay? I just wanna take this little time to acknowledge the fact that we're all here and that you came, and we didn't look like a bunch of fucking assholes here, all alone with this stuff all set up. So big round of applause for everybody who put this shit up! And, uh… I want to thank you, for all these years. Obviously, this is my first visit, but uh… I've read up on what the band has done before, and they told me specifically that every time they come up north –maybe not exactly here, but around– you always treat them so well. Yeah! You're always so cool and passionate! And you show up! Like you give a fuck! And that means the fucking world! So from the bottom of all of our hearts here on stage and from the bottom of mine: tusind tack, Sandviken, Sverige! We're almost done. Uh. So. We're almost done. We're almost there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So conclusively, I give you all Monstrance Clock.

BEFORE "MARY ON A CROSS"

Well, thank you! Are we having fun, or what?! Well… that was predictable! We try to, sort of, do things cool and unpredictable, but it's so damn hard. So y'know, we always go out and give it 70, 80 percent and this is what you get? That's good right? Not bad for a shitty [INAUDIBLE] So… we've got a little bit of, uh, an issue, though. I don't know if you youngsters– I don't know if you like to hear like really new stuff, like contemporary things? And all that stuff? Because the only song that we really have now, coming up, is like a really old song. This is a song my daddy used to sing. So sing along, motherfucker!

AFTER "MARY ON A CROSS" / BEFORE "DANCE MACABRE"

Mary on a… You wanna dance? Everybody here now! Do you wanna dance?! Everybody! One! Two! One! Two! C'mon! Go!

BEFORE "SQUARE HAMMER"

BEFORE "SPIRIT"

Paris! Que la fête commence! But before that, are you ready to face the demon of hallucination?

BEFORE "THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND"

Bonsoir! How are you feeling? You feel good? Yeah, it's springtime in Paris! Yeah… You feel that in the air? It's a nice spring even though there are dark times. We're living in dark times, but people –it's very important– every time you feel that shit [INAUDIBLE], remember that the future is always a foreign land…

AFTER "SATANIZED" / BEFORE "RITUAL"

Let's see how fucking Satanized you are, Paris! Come out here, you lil rocker! And you guys give the little guy some French claps– those good old French claps that we've read so much about… We wouldn't want that! Some ants in your trumpet! Rock it, man!

AFTER "RATS" / BEFORE "KISS THE GO-GOAT"

Yeah! How's that? You like that? Yeah! Some good ol' [PAPA NOISES], huh? Alright, how are you doing? Good, good, good! You? Mmm! You over there, then? Splendid. Alright. Well… what do you want? [AUDIENCE MEMBER THROWS A RATATOUILLE CHEF RAT AT PAPA] Well, how fitting, a little chef, huh? Hon hon hon! This is yours? Why is it doing– what is it doing there? You want that? You want it back? [PAPA THROWS IT BACK] Thought it was for me? Anyway, I got enough. I know one thing that you don't have, though! You haven't gotten a kiss yet! You want a kiss, Paris?!

AFTER "KISS THE GO-GOAT" / BEFORE "MUMMY DUST"

Mwah! Mwah! Mwah! All of y'all, mwah! Ohh! Alright! Are you ready? Are you ready, Paris… to get your taints… tickled!

AFTER "MUMMY DUST" / BEFORE "MONSTRANCE CLOCK"

Yeah! Woo! Yeah, people! How did you like that? Huh? Uh-huh! Uh-huh! Good, good, good! Alright… I know perfectly well this is a school night. I know you've got shit to do. Yeah. Got stuff to eat, wine to drink. No? What I'm trying to say is that we're almost– almost– Come on, no– [INAUDIBLE] We're almost at that point in time when it's time for you to go out into the Parisian night and tell everyone how fucking great of an evening you had together with Ghost! Because you did, right? Thought so. Now! We have one more song, though, so don't be fucking giving me attitude! No, no, no, no, no, no. We have one more song, but before we play, I just wanna take this opportunity to say that– even though this is obviously my first night here in town, okay? Yeah, yeah? And thank you for being so nice! Aw, you've treated me so humbly. You were so … soft on me! Next time, you can rough me up real hard if you want to! But that is next time. Now we're gonna s– end with a slow one. But before we do, I'd like to, on behalf of Ghost and all the people here up on stage, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for being so nice to us! So supportive to us, these last 15 years! Merci Beaucoup! Anyway. Wait, wait, wait! Let's not waste any more time, come on! No, no, no. No! Shh! [AUDIENCE GETTING ROWDY] Take it easy! Fucking chill! Now… we have one last song. So, conclusively, i give you all Monstrance Clock.

BEFORE "MARY ON A CROSS"

Yeah huh. I know you've seen a lot, right? You guys have been to this place many times. Yeah. So you know the truc? [EXAGGERATED FAKE FRENCH ACCENT] "Yeah, he leaves the stage and uh comes back and uh they play another song, very predictable no? Sing it [INAUDIBLE]." You think that I was… predictable? You know, where we differ a little is that… we have played all our good songs already. Yeah. So we're gonna come here and stink up the place with a really shitty song. How 'bout that? you like that? Yeah! [EXAGGERATED FAKE FRENCH ACCENT] That's original. Do you believe me? Well you shouldn't, because I was fucking with you! No, we do exactly what everybody else are doing: we save the best for last! How 'bout that, Paris? You want the best? Alright! This is kind of an old one, from where I'm coming from, at least. This is a song my daddy used to sing, so sing along now, [INAUDIBLE]!

AFTER "MARY ON A CROSS" / BEFORE "DANCE MACABRE"

Shh! Marijuana… Are you wearing your dance– French– dancing shoes? Do you wanna dance, people? Everybody! Un! Deux! Trois! Quatre!

BEFORE "SQUARE HAMMER"

BEFORE "SPIRIT"

Nederland! Are you ready… to meet… the demon of hallucination?! Good!

BEFORE "THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND"

How are you doing, Nederland? You feel good? It's been a hot day today. Not too warm in here, though. Good, right? You're keeping moist? Yeah, I know there– there aren't too many moisturing factors in the world right now. Yeah. The world is… It is what it is! But I think it's important for y'all to remember that, despite how very dark things seems to be right now, the future is always a foreign land…

AFTER "SATANIZED" / BEFORE "RITUAL"

Let's just see how fucking Satanized you are! Look at this guy… kicking ass with his broken foot. Why don't you give him a good red light Amsterdam clap here?! 'Cause this little dude is gonna rock your socks off! Rock!

AFTER "RATS" / BEFORE "KISS THE GO-GOAT"

[INAUDIBLE] Like that? Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah! How are you doing? Are you thinking you're going to the red, uh– the red lights? We'll see about that! The night is not over– we can fuck up! We can fuck up real bad! Would you like that? [CHEERING] What the fuck are we talking about? I dunno… But! How 'bout this? We're pretty intimate here, now. I can see so many of you here, look into your eyes… Yeah. It's a beautiful thing. You all look fantastic, you know that? You guys look happy. If I had the time, I would… give you all a big hug. But I won't. How do you guys like a kiss, huh? You want that?

AFTER "KISS THE GO-GOAT" / BEFORE "MUMMY DUST"

Mwah! Mwah! Mwah! Alright, all of y'all, mwah! Yeah! [INAUDIBLE] Alright! Listen up! Are you ready… to get your taints… tickled!

AFTER "MUMMY DUST" / BEFORE "MONSTRANCE CLOCK"

Woo! Ahh, yeah! How 'bout that? You all got so rich, huh? You're getting richer than you ever imagined! Yeah. Now, we do have a little bit of a littering problem here. We've got this guy up our sleeve who will help us out. Who are we gonna call for? [AUDIENCE: JESUS!] One more time! [AUDIENCE: JESUS!] One more time! [AUDIENCE: JESUS!] Jesus, can you hear us? Yeah! There he blows! Yeah. Yeah, yeah, some extra dough for you. And you have to help, uh– You guys here in the ditch, you need to, uh, help a fellow out with all these bills. You can't sit on 'em, on your own. You can't keep them, you see? Well! Everyone! Big round of applause for Kevin "Jesus" Kaufmann from New York City! Yeah. So! I hope you're all, uh, happy with the night so far? I'm not gonna try to waste– I'm gonna try not to waste so much time now because we don't really have a whole lot of it left, you see. Yeah, yeah, yeah. [PAPA NOISES] Is that bad? No, no, no! We've got another song, so you don't have to worry. One more… before we leave! One thing, though… I just wanna take this opportunity to thank you for always, always, I've heard –because this is my first visit, right– but I've heard that throughout all of these years of the band coming to Nederland but also Amsterdam, ever since that first night at, uh, was that the Melkweg? Huh? I dunno. I don't remember what I read. But we've been around! We've been around the blocks a few times; I've been to Melkweg; I've been to the, uh, the big hall; Heineken– Heineken? AFAS, yeah. But throughout all those nights, a lot of y'all, you came there with your passion, with your devotion, and your happiness, and you made us feel so proud and so welcome! For that, give yourselves a big round of applause! And for that, from the bottom of all of our hearts here on stage, and from the bottom of mine, dankjewel. Alright. Now, now– conclusively, I give you Monstrance Clock.

BEFORE "MARY ON A CROSS"

Oh, you think you know it all? Bet you're thinking that, just because they went on stage, "Of course they're gonna come out and play one more song!" Wouldn't that be a little predictable? You've seen that before? This is not your first rodeo either. No. You just happen to be right. A little problem that we have is that we've played all the good ones. We've only got the sucky ones left. Yeah. The soft ones. The sellout ones. You wanna hear a shitty song? Or do you just want us to pack our shit and leave? You're good with a shitty song? Alright. Well, I warned ya! Here is– Oh wait! Wait, wait, wait! We have one– we have one good song, actually, left! Yeah, yeah, alright! Yeah, yeah, everyone! Come on! It's an old number my daddy used to sing, actually. Yeah! Sing along, why don't ya!

AFTER "MARY ON A CROSS" / BEFORE "DANCE MACABRE"

Marijuana… Fuck this! We're gonna dance! Do you wanna dance, Amsterdam? One! Two! One! Two! [INAUDIBLE]

BEFORE "SQUARE HAMMER"

BEFORE "SPIRIT"

Berlin! Are you ready to face the demon of hallucination?

BEFORE "THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND"

Hello, Berlin! It's nice to see you… for the first time, obviously, I've never seen you before, but… But you look great. It's so nice to finally be here! So welcome to tonight's spectacle. I know we find you in a time of… turmoil, I guess. Times are currently not really what they should be, but… y'know. The times, they are a-changing. You know that, right? So keep that in mind when it feels a little too, uh, scheiß-y-esque. And remember that the future is always a foreign land.

AFTER "SATANIZED" / BEFORE "RITUAL"

Well, let's see how Satanized you are! Start by putting your hands together in a famous… Berlin clap. How 'bout that, man? You want the claps? You know where to dip your feet, I see. Why don't you [INAUDIBLE]? Rock it!

AFTER "RATS" / BEFORE "KISS THE GO-GOAT"

Ja! You like that? How are you feeling, all? You? Good. Good. Gut! Yeah! Hm. So… I know it's springtime, and every time you get to Berlin, there's always this sort of thing in the air that makes you want to hug people. And, uh, I wish I could come down and hug a lot of you. That would be splendid, but that would also take a lot of fucking time, y'know? And we don't really have a lot of time. So many people and so little time. But you know what? You can all get a kiss, if you want! You want that?

AFTER "KISS THE GO-GOAT" / BEFORE "MUMMY DUST"

Mwah! Mwah! How is everything here? Mwah! Mwah! Alright, [INAUDIBLE] Berlin, mwah! Ja! Alright, Berlin! Are you ready… to have your taints tickled!

AFTER "MUMMY DUST" / BEFORE "MONSTRANCE CLOCK"

Woo! Woo! Lemme hear you say woo! Woo! Ruff! Ah. Grr-ruff! Ruff! Ruff! Okay. Good enough! Alright, I guess playtime is over. [AUDIENCE: NO!] Ah– no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, nein, nein, nein, nein, nein! It's a Wednesday. It's Mittwoch, right? Is it? It is, yeah. So it's technically a school night, right? [AUDIENCE: NO!] Are these guys fucking with me? It's like a weekday tomorrow? Is it Bread Day tomorrow? Alright, anyway, our time is almost over! And we're almost at that moment when you get to go out into the German night– you can tell everyone that weren't here how fucking great this show was. Yeah! you're the only people who can! That's you. How's that for exclusivity? However! Y'know… We've been –well, not me, but my peoples– we've been coming here for 15 years, I think? And ever since that first night at White Trash, uh huh huh– Who was there? [CHEERING] Hm? Alright. Good. Well, I wasn't, so good on you! You're the king here. King shit! Now… Ever since we came here the first time, Berlin and Germany has always treated us so well. You've always made us feel so welcome! Through thick and thin, rain and shine– schein. Sounds like [INAUDIBLE], I dunno. You were there! And you were headbanging, you were dancing, and you were screaming! Yeah. That means the world to us. So from the bottom of all of our hearts here on stage, and from the bottom of mine, thank you all. Danke. [INAUDIBLE] Danke sehr. That's it. Yeah! So… we have one more song, now. [INAUDIBLE] Don't get too excited. Don't get too excited. This is a slow, slow dance. So get your slow dancing shoes on and join us in a conclusive Monstrance Clock.

BEFORE "MARY ON A CROSS"

I know what some of you are thinking: [FAKE GERMAN ACCENT] "Oh mein Gott! That's so predictable! He's gonna play another song." Ha-ha! Not predictable! Well, we are. Okay. We're gonna do the same shit as everyone else. But you know, we're gonna be a little bit unpredictable because, y'know, a predictable band, they would come out and play, like, a big hit right now. And, uh, we've played all our good songs. So, yeah, that's why we differ from the others. Because we're gonna come out here and give you like a really weird sh– like, shit song. Yeah, it's ten minutes long and involves an improvisational jazz rap. How 'bout that? You want that? Yeah! It's kinda like krautrock, huh? Improv. Did you believe that? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you did! You did! Well, I fooled you. Because we've got one more– one more good song. This is one that my father used to sing. So… join us!

AFTER "MARY ON A CROSS" / BEFORE "DANCE MACABRE"

Marijuana… Haha! Now we're [INAUDIBLE]! Are you wearing your dancing shoes~? Berlin is a disco town! Alright. Now, [INAUDIBLE]!

BEFORE "SQUARE HAMMER"

BEFORE "SPIRIT"

Milano! Are you ready to meet the demon of hallucination?!

BEFORE "THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND"

Buonasera! How are you doing? It's very hot tonight, huh? Yeah. Springtime. It's good. Not too hot, right? Not yet? We try to keep it cool. Are you gonna stay cool for me? I thought you were in heat for me! Nah, I'm just fucking with you. Sorry. Anyway, I know times are shitty now, yeah. But you know what? Things will get better. And don't you… don't you ever forget that the future is a foreign land…

AFTER "SATANIZED" / BEFORE "RITUAL"

Well, we'll see just how Satanized you are, Milano! Give it up for the little guy! Give him one of those famous Italian claps that I've read so much about– in the grown-up magazines. Now wreck it, motherfucker!

AFTER "RATS" / BEFORE "KISS THE GO-GOAT"

Yeah! How are you doing now? You still feel it? Yeah, you're feeling it? [OBJECT THROWN ON STAGE] What was that? Eugh. I would place that over here. Alright, peoples, are we having fun yet? You know, uh, I'm feeling warm and passionate. And I would love to come down there and just fucking… do shit to ya. We just don't have time! That's the thing– you know how long it would take, all of y'all, one at a time? Yeah, we don't have time for that. But you know what, Milano? I can give you one good kiss. You want that?

AFTER "KISS THE GO-GOAT" / BEFORE "MUMMY DUST"

Mwah! Mwah! Ah, Milano, mwah! Are you ready… to get your taints… tickled!

AFTER "MUMMY DUST" / BEFORE "MONSTRANCE CLOCK"

Woo! Let me hear you say woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woof! Grr! Ruff! Now! Anyway! I know it's getting late now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes! yes. Hm? Why are you waving? Hello. I'm just stating the obvious. It's getting late, and it's just about that time when you go out into the Italian night and you tell the world about what a wonderful evening you had together with Ghost, hm? Or did you not? Did you have a wonderful evening with Ghost? There you go! Alright. I knew it! Well, well, well! We're just not done just yet, but… Anyway! We have one more song, you see! We're on the last little slow [INAUDIBLE] before we part. Yeah! No, no, don't sound so fucking negative! I want you to be in your best Italian happy mood, always loving and so passionate! Yeah, that's how I like ya! Yeah, ooh! Anyway, you know what? Ever since we came here the first time– What was that, Live Club or something? Well, I wasn't there, but the other guys were. I read somewhere that it was "Live something". A club… somewhere. Well, there's a lot more people now, but every time, every year that we've been here, you've always treated us so well. You've always been so welcoming to us, so hospitable. So give yourself a big, warm round of applause. See, that's the passion! That's the passion I'm talking about. I don't even have a clock on [INAUDIBLE] Anyway, well, for being so cool, so hospital, all of us here on stage, from the bottom of our hears, grazie mille, Italia! Now, conclusively, I give you Monstrance Clock.

BEFORE "MARY ON A CROSS"

I know what some of you said… [EXAGGERATED FAKE ITALIAN ACCENT] "If we just wait, he will come back on stage and do one more. So prevedibile." You think you know us! Well, you do. It is a tad bit prevedibile, yes. You thought you're so smart now, huh? How many songs do you think you're getting? Well, we'll start with one and see what happens. But you have to really fucking rock hard! You have to sing your asses off! You really have to dig into this one, because, uh, we got one song that my father used to sing. My old Papa! It goes something like this!

AFTER "MARY ON A CROSS" / BEFORE "DANCE MACABRE"

Marijauna… Ah! Pick it up! Do you wanna go disco dancing? [INAUDIBLE] Everyone! Uno! Due! One! Two! Three! go!

BEFORE "SQUARE HAMMER"

BEFORE "SPIRIT"

Toulouse! Are you ready? Are you ready to meet the demon… of hallucination?!

BEFORE "THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND"

Alright, Toulouse! How are you guys feeling? Good? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well. Well, I've understood that it was great to be back here. And this is my first time in Toulouse but, uh, yeah. Y'know, uh– But the other guys, they said it's always great here. I believe them. And so far, you've been bon! Alright. Well, what is not great is the times that we're in right now, but you all know that crap, so we're gonna look ahead. And right now, right here, everything is very good, so let's hold onto that. And… and in times of trouble, you can always remember the future is a foreign land.

AFTER "SATANIZED" / BEFORE "RITUAL"

Let us see how Satanized you are, my friends! You can start by giving this guy a good old Toulouse clap! Help him to rock out!

AFTER "RATS" / BEFORE "KISS THE GO-GOAT"

Ye-yeah! What's that, Toulouse? You feeling good? You feeling real good? Good. It is a little bit hot in here. Yeah. Is it too hot? Hey there! Ça va? Good? Bon! Yeah. Alright. Well then… But we do need a little bit of heat, don't we? Because you're in a little bit of a heat, Toulouse? You're hot where it counts. I am too. And– no, no, no! [PAPA NOISES] There are kids in the house! We need to keep it civil. [PAPA NOISES] Now! You know I wish to do all those things with each and every one of you– all the nasty stuff. No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Non! We're not gonna go into that territory now, because we simply don't have time. But you know– No, no, no, no, no! You know what you all can get though? Do know what all you can get? A kiss! You want a kiss, Toulouse?! Yeah! Thought so!

AFTER "KISS THE GO-GOAT" / BEFORE "MUMMY DUST"

Mwah! Mwah! Mwah! Oh, Toulouse, mwah! Alright! Are you ready... to get your butts… rumbled!

AFTER "MUMMY DUST" / BEFORE "MONSTRANCE CLOCK"

Woo! Yeah! How are you doing, Toulouse? Are you still feeling it? Good. Good, good, good, good, good. 'Cause we're gonna need it for one more song. Yeah. Yeah. That's the spirit! Yeah! Look! It's a school night. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So we're gonna leave you in time for you to go home. School night sucks! I didn't like school very much. Not recommended, nope. No, no– I liked school a lot. Uh… but anyway! Ah, whatever! Now! We're almost done, anyway. You know, we're at that point now. Look, we're having a lot of fun together. Yeah! And now comes the moment when you can go out and tell the world about your wonderful night together with Ghost. It'll be all good. It'll live inside you forever, and you get to talk about it. But… but. Man. I just wanted to say that I've heard so many good things about the people here in Toulouse. All these people, they've said it's always so great being here. And, uh, you've always been so kind to us, and you've always welcomed us with your open arms and… open whatnot. So from the bottom of all of our hearts here on stage, and from the bottom of mine, merci beaucoup, Toulouse! Anyway, before we go, I'd like to conclusively give you Monstrance Clock.

BEFORE "MARY ON A CROSS"

Are you on your way out? Has half of the room left already? Well, guess we're– we uh– I don't know if you understand, but we're gonna do one more song. Oh, you did get that? Alright! Well, it's an old trick. We do it too. Makes it a little fun. It's a little tease, you know? It's for us to see how much you want us. But I have to ask, though… Toulouse, do you want us? How badly do you want us? [CHEERING] Well, that's good enough. That's good enough for me. Anyway, the problem is that we don't have much songs! We don't have a lot of songs that are worth playing. I know! I know one! This is the– There's this one song that my dad –I know that's a little bad, but– he used to sing this one! So sing along!

AFTER "MARY ON A CROSS" / BEFORE "DANCE MACABRE"

Marijuana… Yeah! Alright, Toulouse, do you wanna dance? Toulouse, do you wanna dance?! Eins! Zwei! Drei! Go!

BEFORE "SQUARE HAMMER"

BEFORE "SPIRIT"

Alright, you Brummies! Come on! Are you ready to face the demons of hallucination?! Good! Hit it! Unf! unf! Unhh!

BEFORE "THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND"

Voila! You like that? Yeah… It's pretty good. How you doing, Birmingham? Good. Well, it's nice to see you for the first time. Bear with me. All of this is new to me, so… be gentle. [AUDIENCE: NO!] Huh? You're not going to be gentle with me? What's up with you fuckers? How 'bout you? [CHEERING] See! Like nice people. They're gonna be gentle with me… while I have to learn. You have to figure this out in the parking lot, after this. But hey, everything will be ni– good– fine. Once you clear that out, all the fighting is over, you know… You can make it to the future, where everything will be better. Because you know, Brummies, the future is a foreign land.

AFTER "SATANIZED" / BEFORE "RITUAL"

Damn! Are you guys Satanized enough? Then join us… in our ritual! And please give it up for this… injured ghoul! Broken foot. Two fractures. Everybody, a little applause for standing here for y'all tonight… while you rock!

AFTER "RATS" / BEFORE "KISS THE GO-GOAT"

Brummies! Are you still feeling it? Is it a good feeling? You, over in the seats there? Hm? You peoples in the back? Yeah… Good! Alright. Y'all want a kiss?

AFTER "KISS THE GO-GOAT" / BEFORE "MUMMY DUST"

Mwah! Mwah! Mwah! All you Brummies, mwah! Yeah! Are you ready to feel your rumps… [INAUDIBLE]

AFTER "MUMMY DUST" / BEFORE "MONSTRANCE CLOCK"

Woo! Yeah! How 'bout that, Birmingham? Did it shake your rumps? All of them? Did it shake your asses? Good. Now see– now look. This is how it works: we load these cannons up with stuff, and they're all supposed to land where you are. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. And tonight… it worked… poorly! So we have a lot of stuff here on stage that's supposed to go out to you. So we will facilitat– facilitate that with our friend, Mr. Jesus! Yeah! He's [INAUDIBLE] where you want him to be when you really need him. Ladies and gentlemen, Kevin "Jesus" Kaufmann from New York City! Can you dig it?! Can you blow it?! Fantastic. Now you all have to do– Yeah, big applause for Jesus! Now it's up to Richie and all those people here in the front to hand it over to y'all. Now! We've gotten to that point where it's almost, almost… [BOOS] You don't know what I'm talking about! I'm talking about that magic moment when you can all go into the Sunday night of Birmingham and tell the world about your wonderful evening. [WEAK CHEERING] That's pathetic. I said, you're about to go tell the world what a wonderful night you had! And how much you enjoyed it! So don't "Ehh!" We're having fun, right? I thought so. We're gonna do one more song. [BOOS] [INAUDIBLE] What a shitty crowd! I see you're hard to please! I said we're gonna do one song for you! Yeah, that's the spirit! Before we go, though, I'm gonna let bygones be bygones, mmkay? And I'm gonna tell you all, that from the bottom of all of our hearts here on stage, and from the bottom of mine, thank you for being here tonight. Conclusively, I give you Monstrance Clock.

BEFORE "MARY ON A CROSS"

I've gotten the honor to tell y'all it's over. [BOOS] You don't like that? Huh. You're truly negative. So! If you're gonna stick around… might as well play, uh, a couple songs. You like that? You like that, Birmingham? [INAUDIBLE] Well! Luckily, we have a few, uh, extras. [INAUDIBLE] This is an old B-side, actually, that my daddy used to sing. It's pretty rad!

AFTER "MARY ON A CROSS" / BEFORE "DANCE MACABRE"

Marijuana… Ah, fuck that! Alright, put on your dancing shoes, Brummies! You wanna dance~? Do you wanna dance?! A-One! Two! Three! Four! C'mon! Shake it!

BEFORE "SQUARE HAMMER"

BEFORE "SPIRIT"

Are you ready… London, are you ready to face the demon of hallucination? Good! Rock it!

BEFORE "THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND"

How you doing, London? Is it warm enough for you? It's fucking steaming in here! Well, I know things are a little bit heated all over the place right now, but uh… Y'know, nothing lasts forever. It's gonna be fine. You just need to, uh, bear with the world, and the world keeps turning. There will come another day, and all will be fine. Because you know, the future is a foreign land…

AFTER "SATANIZED" / BEFORE "RITUAL"

You feeling a clapping mood, London? Then clap your hands! Putting one and one together. [INAUDIBLE] You too, motherfuckers!

AFTER "RATS" / BEFORE "KISS THE GO-GOAT"

You like that stuff? Are you in a rocking mood? You like shit that rocks? Does it make you feel good? I like that it rocks, too. Yeah! How do you like kisses, then? You want a kiss?

AFTER "KISS THE GO-GOAT" / BEFORE "MUMMY DUST"

Oh, London, mwah! Are you feeling your rumps? Do you wanna feel it… wobble!

AFTER "MUMMY DUST" / BEFORE "MONSTRANCE CLOCK"

Now everybody's rich! How 'bout that, England? Everybody got some. And I got a lot, here. I don't need this! These are all yours. Everything you want is yours, just as long as you believe. I will give you everything. Anything. But, my god, it's really really a mess up here. Anyway! It is a, uh, Saturday night… in London. And once upon a time, in London –14, 15 years ago almost– there was this band with a papal character. This papal guy, he's actually my uncle. They were asked to come to London. And they played at this place in Camden. Are you guys from Camden? No. But you know Camden. There's this place in Camden called The Underworld. I think it still stands. It's a dingy but very nice place. So one night, 15 years ago, Ghost came to London for the first time. And you know what? I've been told that that was one of the most amazing, most welcoming moments in the career of Ghost. So, throughout all these 15 years, every time Ghost has been here in London, here in England, you've treated us so nice, so well. We've always felt like we've had our home here. Our home away from home. And for that, we thank you all. I know it sounds kinda final, but that is because we're sort of– we're closing in on that moment now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. I'm probably– I'm sure there's probably a show up at The Underworld tonight; you can go see a band there. That's why we're done early, so you can make use of your Saturday night. But you know what– No, no, no, no, no, it's not over yet! No, no, no! We've got one more song for you. But before we play that– Shut up. Shh! We wish to say from the bottom of all of our hearts here on stage, and from the bottom of mine, thank you all for being here tonight. Conclusively, I give you… Monstrance Clock.

BEFORE "MARY ON A CROSS"

Well, I see some of you get it. You're heading for the doors? No, no, no. You don't get it. They get it. They are walking out. What the fuck is up with you guys? I know you think that, if you just stand here and make noise, there's more to come, right? And that would be the predictable thing to do, for a band, huh? You think we're predictable? Alright, we are! You think so too? Hey, we better change our act then. Next time, I'm not even gonna come back! But okay, now we're here, that's fine. We haven't played one song for you… that my daddy used to sing. Let's play that one!

AFTER "MARY ON A CROSS" / BEFORE "DANCE MACABRE"

Mary on a… ah, fuck that! You wanna dance, motherfuckers? Are you in a dancing mood? I wanna know now that each and every butt is moving for this one! One! Two! Three! Go! Got it!

BEFORE "SQUARE HAMMER"

BEFORE "SPIRIT"

Are you ready to face your hallucinations in the dark?!

BEFORE "THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND"

Doin' alright? Good evening, Scotland! How you doin'? You feeling good? Wednesday night, huh? You going to the Cathouse then, or what? That still open? Oh. Well. Alright. Anyway. I'm poor on updates. I know much about the past, but the future is still a foreign land...

AFTER "SATANIZED" / BEFORE "RITUAL"

Alright, clap for [INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE]

AFTER "RATS" / BEFORE "KISS THE GO-GOAT"

You got that, Scotland? They will never let you go. Once they've caught your scent, they follow you forever. They want to destroy ya! But you can't be destroyed. Remember that! As long as you tell them to fuck off! They'll go run away! And sometimes, you may have to do a little kissing. You want a kiss, Scotland?!

AFTER "KISS THE GO-GOAT" / BEFORE "MUMMY DUST"

A kiss right up the keister! That's where you feel it now! Glasgow, are you ready to have your rumps fucking [INAUDIBLE]?

AFTER "MUMMY DUST" / BEFORE "MONSTRANCE CLOCK"

Yeeeaaah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Arrgh! Are we having fun? It's loads of fun! We're almost… almost there, now. [AUDIENCE: NO!] You don't even know what I'm talking about. "Almost there"– does that imply something bad? It's a good moment that you have in front of you. You have lots of good moments ahead of you. But one of them is when you can get out of here, and you can tell the world what a wonderful evening you had! And if you don't, you can tell them about the wonderful evening I had, because this is truly great, Glasgow! Thank you! Thank you. I'm kinda new at this. I'm learning. But aren't we all? So… Conclusively, I give you… Monstrance Clock.

BEFORE "MARY ON A CROSS"

Glasgow… You see how it works? I haven't told you yet. This is how an ending of a show works: we stop playing, and you leave. I don't know if you got that fact, but that's how it is! I was told, once, before we ever played in Scotland –well, before they ever played in Scotland– that you would be a tough crowd. They were told that you were gonna boo and throw shit. "So don't ever go to Scotland!" they said. You know what they said? "Fuck you! We're going anyway!" And from that first night at the– what was that, The Academy? I read somewhere. We knew– they knew– well, we can say "we" because I'm part of it now, right? We! We knew… that Glasgow was our home. [INAUDIBLE]… even though we were just a stinking fucking supporter. Not one glass was thrown. Not one single curse that I could hear– that he could hear. No one heard one. That's it. So! because we fucked this ending up now because you're still here, we might as well play you a few more songs, right? You asked for this. We shall deliver! This is the song that my daddy used to sing for me.

AFTER "MARY ON A CROSS" / BEFORE "DANCE MACABRE"

Marijuana… Ah, fuck that! You better get your dancing shoes, Glasgow! Do you wanna dance? I wanna know that each rump is wobbling tonight! One! Two! Three! Go!

BEFORE "SQUARE HAMMER"