𝕃𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖

This song covers my current feeling in life and covers the "feeling" of some more recent events in the last few weeks of my life. It's also the first song of a little self-reflection and acceptance series. Thank you for being here! I appreciate you. <3 **Lyrics and lyric/song structure written and created by 👻 GHOST 👻** [instrumental intro calm, eerie, with a sense of loss] [verse 1 intimate, confessional, like a quiet breakdown in disguise] they said i saved ships from the blackest of brine with a halo of static and salt on my spine but they never asked who lit the flame? just clapped for the glow and forgot my name built like a statue with a bulb for a head i mouthed out warnings while starving for bread you thought i was brave nah, i’m just rehearsed i smile like it’s gospel, but it always hurts [pre-chorus 1 tension building, bittersweet reflection] and i’ve been standing still so long, i’m folklore now you make postcards of my pain, but never ask how [chorus 1 emotional release, fragile yet defiant] i’m just lighthouse skin with the inside dim a whisper in fog wearing someone else’s hymn burned out years ago, nobody checked the wires still, they cheer for the ghost dancing over the fire so take me as-is or take the long way 'round i’m not your savior, just a soul unbound i’m flickering here in a world that spins let me be flawed, and i’ll let you in [verse 2 sharper, more direct, laced with quiet resentment] some left when the shine turned sepia-tone couldn’t stomach the cracks in the stepping stone they loved the myth, not the man in the shell heard the overture skipped the carousel "you changed," they sneered from their balcony seats but never stayed long enough to hear the beat of the heart that’s jagged, stitched from scars still pulsing beneath these antique stars [pre-chorus 2 emotionally heavier, weary but holding on] and yeah, i keep the tide from swallowing all but who anchors me when i start to fall? [chorus 2 fuller emotional weight, desperate beauty] i’m just lighthouse skin with the inside dim a whisper in fog wearing someone else’s hymn burned out years ago, nobody checked the wires still, they cheer for the ghost dancing over the fire so take me as-is or take the long way 'round i’m not your savior, just a soul unbound i’m flickering real in a world that spins let me be flawed, and i’ll let you in [bridge poetic, biting, quietly triumphant diss] to the ones who dipped at intermission sorry truth don’t match your fiction you liked me best when i broke in rhyme but not when i broke at the wrong damn time i got no torch, no holy design just a busted bulb and a warning sign but i’ll blink like hell till my fuse runs dry and i’ll still mean it every time i try [final chorus emotionally raw, cathartic, beautifully imperfect] i’m just lighthouse skin with the inside dim not built to be worshipped, just weathered and thin burned out years ago, but i stay on the shore for the ones who knock even when there's no door so take me as-is, with the dents and doubt i’m not what they painted, i’m what life carved out i’m flickering real in a world of spin if you love my rust, you can come on in [outro quiet resignation, flicker of grace] they’ll toast to the light, forget who fed the flames but i’ll stand in the dark, still calling your names