THE GHOST THAT WEARS MY FACE

Intro

I’ve been drivin’ past the man I used to be…

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Verse 1

There’s a stranger in my mirror,

He’s got my smile, but it don’t reach.

Speaks with all the hurt I swallowed,

Walks with every scar I preach.

He’s the weight behind my shoulders,

He’s the truth I tried to hide.

He’s the man I had to turn into

’Til the softer parts survived.

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Pre-Chorus

Every mile I ride, he’s in the shadows,

Every secret that I kept knows his name.

I keep swearin’ that I buried who I was,

But he comes crawlin’ back out of the flame.

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Chorus

I keep runnin’ from the ghost that wears my face,

He’s the echo that my past won’t let replace.

All the whiskey, all the nights,

All the unforgiven fights—

Yeah, he’s hauntin’ every corner of my space.

I ain’t dyin’, but I’m stuck inside this chase,

Tryin’ to outrun what the world made me embrace.

I’ve been prayin’ for a change,

But I’m chained to my mistakes…

By the ghost that wears my face.

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Verse 2

He remembers every moment

When I broke the ones I love.

Every time I chose my anger

Over grace sent from above.

He’s the silence in my phone now,

He’s the reason bridges fell.

He’s the man who couldn’t trust a thing

When he didn’t trust himself.

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Pre-Chorus 2

And I keep swearin’ I’m a different man tonight,

But he’s standin’ in the doorway of my past.

Every time I say I’m finally movin’ on,

He just smiles like he knows it never lasts.

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Chorus

I keep runnin’ from the ghost that wears my face,

He’s the echo that my past won’t let replace.

All the whiskey, all the nights,

All the unforgiven fights—

Yeah, he’s hauntin’ every corner of my space.

I ain’t dyin’, but I’m stuck inside this chase,

Tryin’ to outrun what the world made me embrace.

I’ve been prayin’ for a change,

But I’m chained to my mistakes…

By the ghost that wears my face.

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Bridge

Maybe he’s the boy I never learned to save,

Maybe he’s the storm I built to hide my shame.

Maybe he’s the voice of every dream I killed

When the world taught me to harden just to feel.

If I face him on this highway in the light,

Will he fade or will he drag me back to night?

Is he everything I feared I’d always be,

Or the part of me that’s beggin’ to break free?

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Breakdown Chorus

I keep runnin’ from the ghost that wears my face,

But tonight I’m done with losin’ to that chase.

If redemption’s on the road,

Then it’s time I let it show—

Maybe mercy’s gonna meet me in this place.

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Final Chorus

I’ve been runnin’ from the ghost that wears my face,

But I’m done with bein’ held down by his weight.

Let the whiskey hit the ground,

Let forgiveness circle ’round,

Let the fire of who I am take his place.

I ain’t perfect, but I’m learnin’ from the pain,

I’m more than every chapter full of shame.

If tomorrow needs a man,

I’ll be standin’ where I am—

Not the ghost that wears my face.

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Outro

I’ve been drivin’ past myself for miles…

And I think I’m finally ready to arrive.