Ghosts In The Green

[Verse 1]
You laughed in my kitchen
Bare feet on cold tile
Steam from the kettle
You stayed for a while
A scarf on my chair
Your name in my phone
You traced constellations
Said I felt like home
[Chorus]
But you turned to a ghost in the green
I swear we both knew what it means
I held out my hands
You slipped through the seams
You call it “just stories”
Say I dreamed the whole scene
I’m standing in truth
You’re hiding in between
[Verse 2]
I wrote you in letters
Soft vowels and slow rain
You answered with silence
Then thunder and blame
You said I was crazy
For holding your gaze
You threatened my memory
Then rewrote our days
[Chorus]
Still you turn to a ghost in the green
Erase every place we have been
You swear we were strangers
On every old street
You tear down the altar
Where hearts used to meet
I’m holding the light you have seen
You keep running from what it could mean
[Bridge]
You can deny
The nights on the ferry
Salt on your lips
My head that you carried
You can deny
Even calling me “dear”
But I taste your trembling
Every time you disappear
[Chorus]
So go be a ghost in the green
I won’t argue with things you’ve unseen
I’ll walk through the heather
Where we used to lie
And love like a blessing
You’re too scared to try
I’ll sing for the girl I have been
And leave you to haunt your own dream

Ethereal Celtic ballad with airy female vocals, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, and subtle harp flourishes. Verses stay intimate and close-mic’d; chorus blooms with layered harmonies and soft drones, like wind over a hill. Gentle bodhrán pulse enters on the second chorus for lift, with a reverb-kissed whistle line in the bridge to underscore heartbreak and resilience., vocal