Treating ghosts

Verse 1]

You didn’t fall — you let go.

You let the ocean swallow you whole.

Told me you were tired of breathing

While I carved my lungs open, still believing.

I screamed underwater,

But you just blinked.

You watched me sink

Trying to pull you from the brink.

You weren’t drowning —

You were dragging me under

’Cause pain was your god

And I was your thunder.

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I kept whispering “live,”

But you worshipped the death.

I gave you my breath…

And you spit it back in my chest.

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Ooh… I finally see the truth

You never wanted saving —

You wanted proof

That someone would die for you.

So I nearly did.

But martyrdom ain’t love,

It’s just a slow descent in skin.

I tore the cape off, bleeding in my own arms

What kind of hero forgets to disarm?

What kind of love lets you drown

While I’m sinking too, just to hold you down?

I ain’t swimming back this time.

Not for you.

Not for pain.

Not for the lie that wore your name.

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You called it love — but it was a grave.

Built from every apology you never made.

You said, “Don’t let go,” with your hands around my throat

Called it comfort, while you watched me choke.

[Spoken word sadly crying] Ooh, I can finally fucking see

I’ll never be free

Ooh, I can finally fucking see

That I’ll never be free

You wont give a fuck shit about me

What was I fighting for?

I’m dying on the floor

I guess I'll never know

I don’t want to like go

Can we just go to the shore

I'm swimming for us both

And I?

I made oceans out of my ribs

Hoping you’d learn to swim.

But you were never looking for shore —

You just wanted someone to drown with.

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Ooh… I finally see the wound

You never needed healing

You just needed a tomb

Where someone would lay beside you.

And I almost did.

But love ain’t dying slowly

Just so you don’t feel like shit.

I burned the cape — set fire to the script.

This ain’t sacrifice.

This is exit.

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I touched your face in the dark,

Tried to remind you who we were…

But your eyes were already graves

And I realized —

You never wanted me

You wanted someone to fade.

I’m done fading.

Done breaking.

Done calling pain devotion.

I’m done treading ghosts

In your poisoned ocean. [Spoken word sadly crying] Ooh, I can finally fucking see

I’ll never be free

Ooh, I can finally fucking see

That I’ll never be free

You wont give a fuck shit about me

What was I fighting for?

I’m dying on the floor

I guess I'll never know

I don’t want to like go

Can we just go to the shore

I'm swimming for us both

Ooh… I can finally breathe

Even if it’s just me, quietly.

What was I drowning for?

A love that fed on grief

A war that gave no peace

I leave your name in the mud

Ooh, I can finally fucking see

I’ll never be free

Ooh, I can finally fucking see

That I’ll never be free

You wont give a fuck shit about me!