[Verse 1]
Smoke in my clothes
Smoke in my head
I keep the door shut
I keep the lights dead
Faces in the corner
Not really there
My chest keeps warning
There’s danger in the air
[Pre-Chorus]
I learned the panic
I learned the freeze
I learned to smile
While I couldn’t breathe
The past comes back
Like a siren call
I hear it rising
Through the wall
[Chorus]
Emergency room ghosts
They know my name
Emergency room ghosts
Still play that game
Hold me down
Then let me shake
I’m still here
I still break
[Verse 2]
Therapy talk
Turned into chains
I held that pain
Like it was my name
Trauma bonding
Pulling me close
Sweet on the tongue
But it cuts the most
Isolation
A locked-up room
Terrifying memories
Bloom in the gloom
[Pre-Chorus]
I learned the panic
I learned the freeze
I learned to smile
While I couldn’t breathe
The past comes back
Like a siren call
I hear it rising
Through the wall
[Chorus]
Emergency room ghosts
They know my name
Emergency room ghosts
Still play that game
Hold me down
Then let me shake
I’m still here
I still break
[Bridge]
If I go quiet
Don’t call me gone
I’m fighting the dark
By staying on
One more breath
One more line
One more hand
To keep me alive
[Breakdown]
Ghostly screams
In the dark
I feel the fear
I feel the spark
Not healed
Not clean
But I am here
And I mean it
[Final Chorus]
Emergency room ghosts
They know my name
Emergency room ghosts
Still play that game
Hold me down
Then let me shake
I’m still here
I still break
Emergency room ghosts
Back off now
Emergency room ghosts
I’m standing now