No more ghosts

Title: “No More Ghosts”

I used to wake with the taste of regret

Bitter on my tongue, hard to forget

Spilled too many nights on a stranger’s floor

Burned every bridge just to settle the score

But I see your face when I close my eyes

The way you cried cut deeper than my lies

I’m laying it down, every bottle, every fight

Swearing off the shadows I called my birthright

I’m not that storm, not that man from before

I’m getting sober, I won’t hurt you no more

No more ghosts knocking on my door

I used to say, “I’m fine,” through blood and blame

Thought if I smiled, it’d all sound the same

But silence screams when you’re all alone

And love don’t live where the poison’s grown

Now I’m learning slow how to stand and stay

Trading blackouts for breaking day

I’m laying it down, every bottle, every fight

Swearing off the shadows I called my birthright

I’m not that storm, not that man from before

I’m getting sober, I won’t hurt you no more

No more ghosts knocking on my door

Maybe you won’t believe me yet

I’ve earned the doubt, I’ve paid that debt

But I’m here with open hands, open eyes

If I fall, I’ll still rise

I’m laying it down, every bottle, every fight

Building something better in the morning light

No more breaking hearts on the kitchen floor

I’m getting sober, I won’t hurt me no more

And I won’t hurt you—

No, not anymore