(Intro ambient pads, vocal chop build)
Ay, Next Gen and Exile made this shit
(Verse 1 – [female vocal] minimal piano, soft trap drums start halfway)
I still see your shadow on the wall
Laughin’ like you never left at all
Poppin’ pills to feel a little less
But they don’t take away the mess
I talk to the ceiling, it don’t reply
Sleepin’ on my side where you used to lie
Can’t delete your name from my phone
I guess I’m just scared of feelin’ alone
(Pre-Chorus – 808s swell, vocal layering, slight pitch FX)
Whispers in the dark, I hear you callin’
But you’re just a ghost, and I keep fallin’
Cold hands wrap around my throat
Tell me to let go, but I won’t, I won’t
(Chorus – big 808s, vocal chops echo last words)
You left your hoodie and your hurt
Now I’m buried in your words
I’m tryna breathe through all this smoke
Your love’s a fire and I just choke
You’re gone but still in every tune
Like a ghost that’s hauntin’ my room
You were my high, now I’m the low
I lost you, and myself in the blow
(Drop 1 melodic vocal chops repeating phrases, trap drums hit harder)
You were my high, now I’m the low…
You were my light, now I don’t glow…
You haunt my soul…
(Verse 2 – [male vocal] stripped-back beat, emotional delivery)
I’m a poet with a broken pen
Tryna write you out, again and again
You said forever, now it’s silence
Your love hit me with that sweet violence
I still wear your chain like a noose
Every heartbeat’s just more proof
You’re in my veins like ink in a tattoo
Faded, but I’ll never lose you
(Bridge – [male vocal] fade out, ambient background)
I still smell your perfume on the air
Still feel your fingers in my hair
I wish I could sleep without the dreams
But even in those, you still leave
(Chorus – [male vocal] same as above, male voice with autotune + reverb)
You left your hoodie and your hurt
Now I’m buried in your words
I’m tryna breathe through all this smoke
Your love’s a fire and I just choke
You’re gone but still in every tune
Like a ghost that’s hauntin’ my room
You were my high, now I’m the low
I lost you, and myself in the blow
(Drop 2 same drop with more layered vocal chops and glitchy fx)
You were my high, now I’m the low…
You were my light, now I don’t glow…
You haunt my soul…
(Outro – male + female vocal duet)
Ghost in my room… ghost in my room…
You never left… but you’re never you…
EXXILE
