[Intro – soft, haunting whisper] I ain’t who I was back then... But he still lives in here. --- [Verse 1 – spoken, slow] He used to scream in my silence Used to run every fight He bled on people who didn’t cut him And called it being right He feared love, chased storms Built thrones out of trauma He broke mirrors to avoid looking And blamed the shards on karma He made me dangerous But not aligned He survived the fire But didn’t learn to shine --- [Pre-Chorus – whispered echo] He’s quieter now But not gone I still hear his footsteps When I’m walking alone --- [Chorus – melodic, weary beauty] He still lives in here Ghost in chains, forged from fear Whispers loud when I feel weak But he don’t lead — he doesn’t speak I love him, but I won’t obey I forgive him, but he can’t stay He’s a memory I’ve unlearned A shadow I’ve earned --- [Verse 2 – stronger tone] There were nights he kept me breathing When nothing else could He held the blade back When no one understood But he taught me rage without cause Walls without doors He thought control was power But I wanted more Now I walk with gentler fire Speak without the mask I don’t erase him— But I never let him ask --- [Pre-Chorus 2 – layered with harmony] He stays behind the veil In the back room of my name And every time I win with peace He rattles in shame --- [Chorus – fuller, aching and free] He still lives in here Ghost in chains, bound by years He echoes when the wound replays But I don’t fold — I don’t obey I nod when I feel him stir But I don’t speak in his words He’s the boy I had to be But not the man I came to see --- [Bridge – ambient, mantra with rain sounds] I don’t kill the past I contain it I don’t lie about the war I name it I am both And yet beyond He is echo I am song --- [Final Chorus – soft, released, emotional] He still lives in here But not in control, not near I carry him with sacred space But I no longer wear his face I don’t fear his shadow trail I just don’t let him steer the sail He’s not my curse He’s not my shame He’s the proof I changed --- [Outro – distant piano + soft static fade] Yeah… He still lives in here. But he doesn’t speak for me.
