[Verse 1]
Always sat at the edge of the frame
Cut off shoulders
Half a name
Family photos like a blurred TV
Everyone there but me
Found a secret in a desk drawer
One thin paper
Shook me to the core
“Born the year before” in faded ink
And I forgot how to breathe
[Chorus]
You’re a year ahead in a life I never touched
Breathing air I was promised
Like I’m not enough
If you’re the truth they buried
Then who did I ever be
You’re out there living
Laughing
And I’m the ghost of me
I’m the ghost of me
[Verse 2]
Do you know that I exist at all
Do you feel a missing shadow on your wall
Are you sitting at a table I’ve never seen
Using all the words they never saved for me
I keep scrolling faces that look like mine
Same brown eyes
Same crooked line
If you ever cried
Did somebody come
When I cried
They turned the TV on
[Chorus]
You’re a year ahead in a life I never touched
Breathing air I was promised
Like I’m not enough
If you’re the truth they buried
Then who did I ever be
You’re out there living
Laughing
And I’m the ghost of me
I’m the ghost of me
[Bridge]
I rehearse it nightly
“What did they tell you about me?”
Do you hate them
Do you thank them
Would you even wanna meet
I don’t wanna steal your story
I don’t wanna trade your place
I just wanna be somebody
Not a rumor in their shame
[Chorus]
You’re a year ahead in a life I never touched
Breathing air I was promised
Like I’m not enough (not enough)
If you’re the truth they buried
Then who did I ever be
If you ever say my name out loud
Maybe I’ll feel real
Finally
Till then you’re flesh and heartbeat
And I’m the ghost of me
I’m the ghost of me (oh)
Just the ghost of me