[VERSE 1 – MALE | Emotion: Sad, Reflective]
Cornered by rules, no place to sit
A silent life, where love didn’t fit
He wore his sins like second skin
And Mom was a door I’d walk out, then back in
[VERSE 2 – FEMALE | Emotion: Haunting, Emotional]
Shadows flicker, screams inside my head
Painted smiles hide the words I never said
My father's ghost still echoes the past
Whispers of shame that forever will last
[CHORUS – BOTH | Emotion: Powerfully Sad, Harmonized]
Behind these walls, I cry alone
Haunted by a face that’s now my own
Trapped and lost in all I’ve known
Can’t outrun the ghosts I’ve called home
[VERSE 3 – MALE | Emotion: Broken, Quiet]
I try to speak, but my voice falls thin
Ignored and broken, no one lets me in
Spent my youth in a corner, told to stand
No seat, no love — just the back of a hand
[VERSE 4 – FEMALE | Emotion: Lonely, Melancholic]
I walk alone through the night’s cold grace
No guiding light, no familiar face
A ghost in shadows, fading away
A fleeting thought in skies of gray
[CHORUS – BOTH | Emotion: Layered, Call & Response]
(MALE) Behind these walls, I cry alone
(FEMALE) Still searching for a place called home
(MALE) Trapped and lost in all I’ve known
(BOTH) Can’t outrun the ghosts I’ve called home
[BRIDGE – FEMALE Lead, MALE Echo | Emotion: Hopeful, Building]
(FEMALE) The weight of years too heavy to bear
(MALE) Too heavy to bear
(FEMALE) Drowning in fear with no one there
(MALE) No one there
(FEMALE) But in my dreams, I start to see
(BOTH) A brighter world where I am free
[VERSE 5 – MALE | Emotion: Reflective, Soft]
I traced the grain on that wooden wall
Where I stood for years, too scared to fall
Each splintered line, a silent scream
A child locked inside a fading dream
[VERSE 6 – FEMALE | Emotion: Rising Strength]
I’m not the shame he left behind
There’s more to me than what’s confined
Piece by piece, I claim my name
And rise from silence, not the same
[CHORUS – BOTH | Emotion: Full Power, Liberation]
Behind these walls, I cry alone
Haunted by a face that’s now my own
Trapped and lost in all I’ve known
Can’t outrun the ghosts I’ve called home
[OUTRO – BOTH | Emotion: Hopeful, Bright]
But walls will fall, and dreams will rise
I'll break the chains and open my eyes
Within my heart, a spark will ignite
A new beginning, where love takes flight
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