(Intro – Echoing Whispers) “You hear ’em too?” “They never left…” “Still countin’ the same time…” (Verse 1) Fluorescent buzz and the sound of keys, Footsteps fade in a minor key. Cold air hums through a cracked concrete dream, Every shadow’s a memory’s scream. Walls breathe slow, I feel their breath, Every cell still tastes like death. Names carved deep in the painted stone, They sing at night when I’m alone. (Pre-Chorus) Can’t wash off what you can’t see, They’re still walkin’ next to me. (Chorus) Ghosts in Cell Block C, Whisperin’ through the static to me. I hear ’em callin’ from the cold, Echoes of stories never told. Ghosts in Cell Block C, Locked in time and misery. Can’t let go, can’t set ’em free— They live in the walls and they’re part of me. (Verse 2) Coffee’s gone cold at 3 a.m., Same route, same souls, same condemned. Steel doors cry with a rusted song, Been here too long, been here too long. One voice laughs from behind the vent, Another asks where the years all went. I answer back but they don’t hear, Still stuck in the same old fear. (Pre-Chorus) Lights flicker when they speak, Faith feels small, and the walls still creak. (Chorus) Ghosts in Cell Block C, Whisperin’ through the static to me. I hear ’em callin’ from the cold, Echoes of stories never told. Ghosts in Cell Block C, Locked in time and misery. Can’t let go, can’t set ’em free— They live in the walls and they’re part of me. (Bridge – Atmospheric Breakdown) (Low whispers over reverb and distant chain hits) “I see their faces in the steam…” “I smell the bleach, but I can’t clean the dream…” “They’re everywhere, but nowhere near…” “Same shift. Same fear.” (Guitar and industrial bass build) (Final Chorus) Ghosts in Cell Block C, Still watchin’, still waitin’ for me. No escape, no amnesty, The dead don’t need a key. Ghosts in Cell Block C, Echo their truth eternally. And when I leave these walls someday— They’ll still be here, I know they’ll stay. (Outro – Fade Out) Chains rattle once … then silence. “Count ‘em out… count ‘em in…” “…someone never answered again.”
