Ghost of a Lullaby

Verse 1

I was born to silence, no lullaby,

No gentle arms to quiet my cry.

An empty cradle, a hollow room,

A child of longing, a life of wounds.

Pre-Chorus

I keep searching shadows for a trace of you,

But the answers fade like they always do.

Chorus

Where are you now, the mother I never held?

The father whose story nobody tells?

I’m haunted by questions I can’t outrun,

Why was I chosen to be the undone?

Where are you now, where did you go?

All I have left is a need to know.

Verse 2

I trace my skin for the shape of your face,

But all I find is an empty space.

A name I carry, but it feels untrue,

A broken mirror—was it me or you?

Pre-Chorus

Do you ever wonder if I’m alive?

Do you close your eyes and feel me inside?

Chorus

Where are you now, the mother I never held?

The father whose story nobody tells?

I’m haunted by questions I can’t outrun,

Why was I chosen to be the undone?

Where are you now, where did you go?

All I have left is a need to know.

Bridge

Am I your secret, your shadow, your sin?

A memory buried so deep within?

Would you know my voice if you heard me call,

Or would you pretend I was nothing at all?

Chorus

Where are you now, the mother I never held?

The father whose story nobody tells.

I’m still that child, crying through the years,

Calling your name through a river of tears.

Where are you now, where did you go?

All I have left is a need to know.

Outro

The mother I never held…

The father I’ll never know…

The mother I never held…

And the ache won’t let me go.