Intro (whispered)
I don’t cry anymore…
I just feel it in my bones.
Verse 1
There’s a ghost in my chest
Where my family used to live,
Every birthday feels like death,
Every prayer I couldn’t give.
Mama’s voice inside my head,
Telling me I’ll be okay,
But the silence screams instead
Every single night I stay awake.
I grew up too fast in the dark,
Learning how to breathe through a broken heart.
Pre-Chorus
I don’t fear the night no more,
I fear being alone with my thoughts.
Chorus (soft, emotional)
You were the hand that pulled me out,
When I was drowning in my doubt.
You saw the child I used to be,
Before the world abandoned me.
But love don’t stay, it slips away,
Like everyone I couldn’t save.
You healed the scars I couldn’t confess…
Now you’re just a ghost in my chest.
Verse 2
I remember how you’d hold my face,
Like I was something worth the pain.
You said I wasn’t just my past,
That storms don’t always last.
You made me believe in light again,
Made me feel alive again.
But maybe I’m cursed to lose
Every single thing I choose.
Bridge (almost breaking)
I lost my family to the sky,
Lost you without goodbye.
Tell me why love feels the same
As standing in the rain
Calling out a name
That never calls you back again…
Final Chorus (quiet, fragile)
You were the only place I’d rest,
The only warmth inside my chest.
Now every breath feels like regret,
Every memory a silhouette.
I’m still here… but I confess…
I’m just surviving what’s left
Of a ghost in my chest.
