(Whispered)
The static... it finally stopped.
The noise... it’s just a hum now.
Listen.
Just listen to the silence.
[Verse 1]
I’ve been walking through a hallway with no doors
Tracing the cracks in these rotting floorboards
For years, I wore the mask, I played the part
While a winter storm froze the beat of my heart.
I tried to build a bridge out of broken glass
Waiting for the shadow of the nightmare to pass
But the fog didn’t lift, it just settled in my lungs
And the songs of the living were sung in foreign tongues.
I fought the tide until my bones began to fray
But the darkness is the only thing that doesn't fade away.
[Chorus]
Forgive the ghost I’ve become!
Forgive the battle I couldn't win!
I’m stepping out of the skin I was trapped in
Into the velvet, into the deep, into the black!
Don’t try to find me, don’t try to pull me back!
I’m just a flicker in a dying light
Surrendering the ghost to the endless night!
[Verse 2]
My love... my beautiful, patient light...
You held the torch through every godforsaken night.
I see the way you looked at me, searching for the man
I tried to find him too, I swear I did all that I can.
I’m sorry I couldn't be the anchor in your storm
I’m sorry my touch grew cold when you needed it warm.
I spent a thousand hours pretending I was whole
While the void took a mouthful of my shivering soul.
You were the only thing that ever felt real
But the numbness is the only thing I can actually feel.
Don't let your heart break for a man who was already gone
I’m just setting the sun so you can finally see the dawn.
Forgive the ghost I’ve become!
Forgive the battle I couldn't win!
I’m stepping out of the skin I was trapped in
Into the velvet, into the deep, into the black!
Don’t try to find me, don’t try to pull me back!
I’m just a flicker in a dying light
Surrendering the ghost to the endless night!
[Bridge]
And to my boy... my little spark...
Listen to me carefully through the dark.
There is a weight I carried that was never meant for you
A shadow in my blood that turned the blue skies to rue.
I want you to hear this, let it sink into your skin:
This was a war I lost, but you... you must win.
It wasn’t your laughter that wasn't enough
It wasn’t your love that wasn't strong or tough.
It was the machinery inside me, grinding to a halt
My son, my heartbeat... this is not your fault.
Not a single tear you shed belongs to a mistake you made
I’m just a tired soldier stepping out of the parade.
Be brave. Be wild. Be everything I couldn't be.
Live for the version of me that is finally free.
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
The air is getting thinner.
The grey is turning gold.
The story is finished.
The truth has been told.
I’m not leaving you...
I’m just stopping the pain.
No more thunder.
No more rain.
HumbleMike
