GHOST OF WHAT WE NEVER WERE

[INTRO — FEMALE SPOKEN-SUNG | HAUNTED MUSIC BOX, DISTANT THUNDER] You know what’s worse than being haunted by an ex? Being haunted by somebody Who was never even yours. [TWANGY GUITAR ENTERS] [VERSE 1 — BOUNCY SOUTHERN COUNTRY TRAP] I was just sitting here listenin to my girl Brandi Singing about “Memories on Mars” and Baylox Mourning a love that was lost Meanwhile I’m sittin here thinkin about a love that never was You never left a toothbrush sitting by my sink, Never bought me flowers, never bought me a drink. Never had a key, never slept in my bed, But you’re rattling around like a ghost in my head. Never had a first date, never had a last, How the hell am I haunted by a nonexistent past? Got a whole damn scrapbook of things we didn’t do, And a wedding dress picked out for a man I barely knew! [PRE-CHORUS — MELODIC, PLAYFUL] I ain’t got your hoodie, Ain’t got pictures on my wall. Ain’t got nothing to remember, So why do I recall it all? [CHORUS — CATCHY, BITTERSWEET | SURF GUITAR, 808s] I’m haunted by the ghost of what we never were, By the words you never said and the love that never stirred. Got a heartbreak with no breakup, Got a memory with no past, Got a love that never started And a feeling built to last. Ooh, you’re everywhere, But you were never there. I’m haunted by the ghost Of what we never were. [POST-CHORUS — FEMALE HARMONIES, HANDCLAPS] Boo-hoo, boo-hoo, Look what my imagination put me through! Boo-hoo, boo-hoo, Got a ghost who never even said “I love you!” [VERSE 2 — CHEEKY RAP, BOUNCING BASS] Saw your face in a pumpkin at the grocery store, Heard your name in a song, now I’m crying on the floor. Got a psychic on speed dial, she said, “Girl, let go,” I said, “How you exorcise somebody you don’t know?” Got sage in the kitchen, got salt by the door, Got a priest on standby, can’t take anymore. He asked what possessed me, I said, “Honestly, sir, I’m in love with a future that never occurred!” [PRE-CHORUS — MORE EMOTIONAL] We never had an anniversary, Never had a fight. But I still rehearse the conversations We could’ve had at night. [CHORUS — FULL, CATCHY] I’m haunted by the ghost of what we never were, By the words you never said and the love that never stirred. Got a heartbreak with no breakup, Got a memory with no past, Got a love that never started And a feeling built to last. Ooh, you’re everywhere, But you were never there. I’m haunted by the ghost Of what we never were. [BRIDGE — STRIPPED BACK | HAUNTED PIANO, LOW BASS] Maybe I just loved the possibility, The little world I built inside of me. Maybe you were never meant to stay, Maybe there was nothing there to take away. But tell my heart that when the lights go low, And every shadow looks like someone I used to know. How do you bury what never lived? How do you forgive what nobody did? [BUILD — THEREMIN, RISING DRUMS] [FINAL CHORUS — BIG, EMOTIONAL, DANCEABLE] I’m haunted by the ghost of what we never were, By the words you never said and the love that never stirred. Got a heartbreak with no breakup, Got a memory with no past, Got a love that never started And a feeling built to last. Ooh, you’re everywhere, But you were never there. I’m haunted by the ghost Of what we never were. [OUTRO — FEMALE SPOKEN-SUNG | MUSIC BOX] I finally figured out why you keep haunting me. It ain’t because you won’t leave. It’s because I never let you in To begin with. [PAUSE] And now I’m out here getting ghosted By my own imagination. That’s embarrassing. [THEREMIN DESCENDS — FINAL GUITAR TWANG]