Ghosts in the Barracks

[Verse 1] These walls remember… every step. Dust on the floor— boots I can’t forget. Echoes above me… caught in the beams. We used to breathe here— now it just beats. Lockers still shake when the cold sets in. Something moves— but it’s never them. I hear my name… cut through the quiet. I try to answer— but it sounds like violence. [Pre-Chorus] I thought time would wash it away… But it’s still here— it won’t fade. [Chorus] Ghosts in the barracks… under my skin. Shadows in steel— they’re pulling me in. Faces in fire that don’t ever heal. I carry them all— I still feel. Still marching through everything lost. Counting it back— every cost. Ghosts in the barracks… they won’t let me go. [Verse 2] Your bunk— still untouched… But it sinks like you’re still there. Boots by the rack— mud never left. That night stays in the air. Your voice— stuck in the vents. Fading out… never ends. Every step right behind me… I turn— and there’s nothing to see. [Pre-Chorus] I shut it out… but it keeps breaking through. Same sound— same truth. [Chorus] (same structure) 🧠 [Bridge / Breakdown] Maybe I never left that place… Just learned how to wear this face. If there’s a light— why can’t I see it? If I’m alive— why don’t I feel it? Say my name… through the smoke— Does it fade… or does it choke? I’m still there— where we stood… Reaching out— like I should… …but I can’t. (stripped) Boots… breath… nothing left… [Final Chorus] Ghosts in the barracks… etched in the walls. Walking beside me— they never fall. I feel them moving every night. A war in my chest— I never win the fight. Still marching through everything lost. Buried alive— under the cost. Ghosts in the barracks… they won’t let me go. [Outro] I sleep in the silence… …but it follows me. Every door I close— opens to what used to be.