(Intro) I... see... dead... people... (I... see... dead... people...) I... see... dead... people... (I... see... dead... people...) I... see... dead... people... (I... see... dead... people...) Look around. You see them. You walk among them. This is not a life... it’s the quiet that comes after.... (yea after.....) (Verse 1) The air hangs heavy with a past I can't erase, A broken man I used to be, staring back from this place. Everywhere I look, a silent, knowing glance... A second chance I was given, a second chance I've had. Addiction's cruel fate, it tried to drag me down, Left me breathing shallow, lost in a dying all around. But deep beneath the surface, a flicker starts to glow, My refusal to surrender, a whisper screaming "no!!." (Pre-Chorus) A voice I buried... whispers my name, A quiet coldness, burning like a flame. (Chorus) I see dead people, walkin' slow, Ghosted by the lives they had to let go. I see dead people, heads held low, Still pulled by the cold abyss below. But a fire burns... deep in my bones, And in my silence... a defiant "no!" (Verse 2) The chaos in my soul, a lonely, suffocating hell, A fabricated "I'm well," is the only lie I'm willing to tell. The grip of addiction, a festering, shameful core, A secret kept locked down, behind a bolted door. The inability to function, the days a blurry haze, Just getting through the moments in a disoriented daze. The unanswered texts, the friends who've turned away, Just the raw, gut-wrenching silence at the close of day. (Pre-Chorus) The ghost of who I was... knows my name, A bitter coldness, burning through the shame. (Chorus) I see dead people, walkin' slow, Ghosted by the lives they had to let go. I see dead people, heads held low, Still pulled by the cold abyss below. But a fire burns... deep in my bones, And in my silence... a defiant "no!" (Bridge 1) I see dead people, in the quiet of the night, They carry the weight of a long and arduous fight. The pain that lingers still is a part of who you are, A constant, aching echo... a permanent, broken scar. The shadows you outran are always just behind, A fragile peace you've found... a battle in the mind. Each breath a miracle, a second chance to bloom, Emerging from the darkness, escapin' the tomb. (Verse 3) I still feel the cold steel pressed against my temple's skin, A hammer pulled back, then BOOM where a bullet should have been. That one breath held back, was a moment to remain... Walking from that edge, embracing life again. I should have been dead… should have been dead… But the ghost of who I was, is living in my head. (Chorus) I see dead people, walkin' slow, Ghosted by the lives they had to let go. I see dead people, heads held low, Still pulled by the cold abyss below. But a fire burns... deep in my bones, And in my silence... a defiant "no!" (Verse 4) A fractured mind I've found, a broken trust with self, It echoes in the silence on this hallowed ground. I killed the person I was, a new self had to stand, Reaching for a future with a new and trembling hand. I'm breaking all the mirrors, the ones that showed the pain, Fighting every day to never feel that cold again. (Bridge 2) The chains are cut, that past is gone, But the echoes still remain... a bitter, twisting pain. The fight is never over, the struggle never ends, It's a battle for your soul with every corner that you bend. A battlefield of silence, where a victory is won, With every rising sun a brand new fight's begun. They whisper in the silence, they crawl beneath your skin, But you gotta scream so loud they can never get back in! (Pre-Chorus) I see dead people... I see dead people... (Final Chorus) I see dead people, walkin' slow, Ghosted by the lives they had to let go. I see dead people, heads held low, Still pulled by the cold abyss below. But a fire burns... deep in my bones, And in my silence... a defiant "no!" (Outro) I see dead people, walkin' on, Their hardest battles fought, the darkest moments gone. They're fragile, they're human, they're learnin' how to mend... And in their journey forward, a new hope they extend... I see dead people... and their hearts are beatin' again......
