Eminem - Ghost Stories (Lyrics)

Also known as 'Demon Inside'.

The present song was a sub-project for the album The Slim Shady LP and was never finished. The great thing about this piece is that it was recorded in the first session that Eminem had in Dr. Dre’s studio, set up in his house. Its short duration and rawness show that the track was recorded in a single pass and for some reason of selection, was not placed on the album.

It is interesting to imagine Dre listening to this type of letters and frowning. Eminem, or rather, Slim Shady, captivated Dre by channeling all his creativity and talent into sombre and gloomy lyrics. This is how the SSLP project found its course towards this type of issues.

The production of the instrumental is questionable. While the song was recorded with Dre on the board, it does not mean that he produced the beat. Judging by the time and style of the beat, there is a possibility that such instrumental was produced by DJ Butter (he produced several songs for Eminem and D12 in those years). Presumably Eminem did not come to Dre’s studio empty-handed (it is easy to imagine him with a box full of cassettes, lyrics, instrumentals, etc.).

The song is identified with several names:
- Eminem recognizes it under the name of “Ghost Stories” in his book Angry Blonde (2000).
- In the compilation album of Dj Butter, Bad Meets Evil: Scary Music (Renegades), appears with the name of “Demon Within (Ghost Story)”.
- The fans recognize her by the most popular name “Demon Inside”.

[williamross]

Some Eminem I’ve never heard before, that’s some rare shit. Gave me goosebumps

[betterthanmost]

Eminems best stuff was always the horrorcore stuff

[Driulinkin]

The sheer imagery and roughness of the old Eminem never ceases to amaze me

[Merv]

This is one of the illest beats and verses ever.

[arpit]

Oh god i wish this song would have been longer.

[idk-drjq]

my mom used to read the lyrics of this song for me before I sleep when I was 4 years old, it was my favorite bedtime story

[rebeccahopkins]

For me, horrorcore Em is my favorite Em. It’s such a natural fit for him too, like hand in glove. Also for me, no one has ever done the sub genre better than him as he brings incredible lyricism, storytelling, character creation, flow and cadence mastery to life in intricate stories to create incredibly honed horror films transferred to the recording medium, Relapse is an utter masterpiece and my favorite Eminem album, and I had a poster of Eminem in the bathtub of blood with the outstretched hands hanging over my bed when I was at University 😂🤣 needless to say, my boyfriend HATED it 😂🤣😂🤣😂 sigh, good times

[thesavagealpaca]

I wish that Eminem remastered some of his old, unreleased work cause it’s priceless

[TheBorwig]

Two cups of holy water and I’m lookin at em half full.

He’s trying to look on the bright side, see

[kultamane]

Dat voice crazy, I missed dis one mane

[cherrytonshawty]

Truly a terrifying piece. It's not often that a song scares me.

[trappbear]

"Come, follow me into the gates of Hell"
* Demon voice*

[schematicb]

Wish this track was longer; I really enjoy the horrorcore style

[RealColeWrld]

Best storytelling & lyricism the game has ever seen💯.

[madelineraymondi]

I wonder if any nightmare can compare to his damn. That's Slim Shady for sure.

[paulathienides]

Em: *raps ghost stories*
Dre: *turns the lights back on*

[drewlassitter]

This needs a music video and to be made into full length song! Straight 🔥

[ghtnoh]

Slim shady but without the funny shit. This is amazing

[twopointo]

slims old stuff is still on repeat at my place!

[TheSwanqueenAndTheEldricth]

God this is one of my favorite unrealeased tracks from Em, im so obsessed with his dark horror music so much i absolutely love his macabre songs is amazing, i love that side of him so much. Wish he could realease all his horror theme songs in one special Halloween Ep album.