[INTRO- distant piano, reversed ambient swells, vinyl crackle, low heartbeat kick, BPM: 72, breathy, fragile whisper with layered ghost harmonies]
There’s a cold side of midnight
That still smells like your skin
Every road I ever ran down
Still somehow leads me back again
I’ve kissed strangers just to spite fate
Drank smoke until my lungs turned blue
But no matter where my soul wandered
My ghost still crawled back home to you
[Verse 1- muted electric guitar, deep bass pulse, echo snare taps, low emotional storytelling]
I was raised by broken echoes
Half-loved hearts and slammed screen doors
Learned early how to leave first
Before they could leave me worse
Then you walked in like bad weather
Boots dirty from your own warpath
Had heaven hanging from your shoulders
And hellfire hiding in your laugh
We were reckless from the first touch
Too much gasoline and pride
Two storms trying not to drown
While kissing with lightning in our eyes
[Pre-Chorus- rising strings, filtered drums building tension, emotional climb, shaky intensity]
Everybody says souls heal eventually
But mine learned your name instead
Now every empty room gets heavy
Like your memory sleeps in my bed
[Chorus- full drums crash in, emotional electric guitar, cinematic bass, BPM lifts emotionally, huge emotional belt with layered harmonies]
You’re the home my ghost chose
The fire inside my damaged bones
Every highway, every heartbreak
Still somehow leads me where you are
Even when we burn like sinners
Even when we cut too deep
I still feel your hands on my soul
Every time the world goes dark on me
You’re the home my ghost chose
Even when my body wants to run
Some loves don’t die when they’re broken
They haunt you until you come undone
[Verse 2- stripped drums, moody guitar picking, atmospheric pads,intimate, confession]
We got scars with each other’s fingerprints
Old fights hanging in the walls
Jealous hearts and violent nights
Making love after brutal fights
You know every ruined version of me
Every dark thought I tried to hide
You kissed the venom from my mouth
And stayed right there when I lost my mind
That kind of love should come with warnings
Should be locked behind church doors
Cause people like us either last forever
Or become somebody people mourn
[Bridge- piano first, then exploding drums and choir harmonies, spoken-sing breakdown into louder belts]
Maybe we’re toxic
Maybe we’re cursed
Maybe forever was always supposed to hurt
But I would still choose your chaos
Over peaceful loneliness
Cause your arms feel more like heaven
Than safety ever did
[Final Chorus- massive drums, layered elec/guitars, haunting choir harmonies,powerful end]
You’re the home my ghost chose
The only place my shadows rest
Every broken road I traveled
Still carved your name into my chest
And if loving you destroys me
At least I finally felt alive
Cause some people spend forever breathing
Without ever truly feeling life
You’re the home my ghost chose…
And baby, ghosts never really leave
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