♦City Ghost♦ by ArtCoffee - Zona

♦City Ghost♦ by ArtCoffee - Zona

Lyrics

[intro: soft electric guitar riff, distant city sounds fade in]

Verse 1:

The city breathes, but I stand still,

Lights flashing fast outside my windowsill.

Faces pass, in a rush, unknown,

I’m here, but somehow all alone.

Every noise echoes through these walls,

The crowded streets, the night calls.

But I keep my distance, fade away,

A ghost that haunts each busy day.

[bass kicks in with slow, haunting beat]

Chorus:

City lights, they shine so bright,

But I’m just watching from the night.

Invisible, hidden from view,

In a world that I can’t break through.

(Oh, oh) Lost in the crowd, never found,

(Yeah, yeah) Just one more shadow in this town.

City lights don’t know my name,

Just a stranger, just a game.

[guitar riff intensifies slightly]

Verse 2:

People laugh, and people cry,

I see it all, but pass it by.

I’m the quiet in a world so loud,

Alone and hidden in the crowd.

They keep moving, a river flow,

But where they go, I’ll never know.

The city hums, I stand apart,

A silent soul with a beating heart.

[instrumental pause with ambient city sounds]

Chorus:

City lights, they shine so bright,

But I’m just watching from the night.

Invisible, hidden from view,

In a world that I can’t break through.

(Oh, oh) Lost in the crowd, never found,

(Yeah, yeah) Just one more shadow in this town.

City lights don’t know my name,

Just a stranger, just a game.

[short, slow guitar solo with echo effects]

Bridge:

Behind the glass, I see them live,

But there’s nothing here I have to give.

A life so full, but out of reach,

Lessons learned they’ll never teach.

I’m drifting through this endless maze,

A lonely ghost in concrete haze.

[bass and drums pick up rhythm again]

Chorus:

City lights, they shine so bright,

But I’m just watching from the night.

Invisible, hidden from view,

In a world that I can’t break through.

(Oh, oh) Lost in the crowd, never found,

(Yeah, yeah) Just one more shadow in this town.

City lights don’t know my name,

Just a stranger, just a game.

[outro: guitar fades with city sounds slowly disappearing]