i'm guessing it's about that time.

to 'give up the ghost'.
ghost* not in the literal sense. rather a mere shadow or semblance; a trace of what once was.
a sorta ghostly image (a faint secondary or out-of-focus image in a photographic print or negative resulting from reflections within the camera lens.)
radiohead - give up the ghost

*footnote: sometimes people believe these ghosts have existed at some point of time often to later be proved they were only a figment of their imaginations...