“Ghosts in the Crowd”

(Verse 1)

You sit behind your glowing screen

Cold blue light, no soul, no dream

Watch a man bleed out his truth

Watch a mother fight for youth

Hear the scars inside her song

Know damn well this world is wrong

But your silence hits like stone

Makes the wounded feel alone

(Pre-Chorus)

Yeah, everybody’s got a voice

But nobody wants the noise

Till the fire hits their own front door

(Chorus)

You turn away like ghosts in the crowd

Too numb to care, too scared too loud

Thumbs down, thumbs up — hell, anything at all

But you hide behind your empty walls

We’re out here trying just to heal

Trying to make this broken world feel real

For the children standing next in line

But you can’t spare a second of your time

(Verse 2)

You watched the whole damn video through

Every word was aimed at you

Saw the pain, the fight, the climb

Still couldn’t leave a single line

No heart beat beneath your skin

Just another drive-by grin

Feeding off what others give

Never helping dreams survive

(Pre-Chorus)

Yeah, I always raise the fallen up

While you drain the final drop

Then vanish when it’s time to stand

(Chorus)

You turn away like ghosts in the crowd

Too numb to care, too scared too loud

Thumbs down, thumbs up — hell, anything at all

But you hide behind your empty walls

We’re out here trying just to heal

Trying to make this broken world feel real

For the children standing next in line

But you can’t spare a second of your time

(Bridge – Half-Time / Screamed)

What happened to humanity?!

What happened to loyalty?!

You consume, consume, consume —

Then leave creators buried in the tomb!

We scream for change!

You scroll away!

We fight for hope!

You look the other way!

(Guitar Solo)

(Final Chorus)

You turn away like ghosts in the crowd

Dead-eyed kings without a sound

One little word could save a soul tonight

But you’d rather fade back into the light

Still we rise through all the shame

Still we burn though no one came

And when the future asks who stood and cared

They’ll know damn well we were there

(Outro)

Yeah… we were there.

While you watched in silence.