The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Holy Ghost" by the artist "White Lies"

The song "Holy Ghost" by White Lies tells the story of a person observing someone (possibly a lover) who is behaving very freely and passionately, perhaps under the influence of something or someone else ("You were writhing on the floor, like a moth in black treacle", "Who taught you to move like that?"). The lyrical hero is fascinated by this energy and even somewhat envious of it ("Goosebumps gone like out-of-date acid", "Who taught you to scream like that?").

He wonders if the object of his observation learned this behavior from someone else, perhaps in not the most respectable circumstances ("You were crying on the shoulders of men in the shadows", "Who taught you to sell yourself like that?"). The image of "two halos in a stained glass window" and "Jesus aliens" creates a sense of something unearthly, mystical, but at the same time fake and illusory.

Despite his attraction, the hero is not ready to completely surrender to this force ("Maybe someday I'll move like you, but I'm not looking for the Holy Ghost"). He is not looking for the "Holy Ghost", that is, he does not strive for the same ecstatic, but possibly destructive experience.