[Verse 1] Walked through that front door Like I do every day Nobody even looked up Didn’t hear a word I’d say My little girl’s on her phone My boy’s locked in his room And my wife just keeps on scrolling Like I vanished with the setting moon I ask about their day Get one-word replies Feels like I’m just breathing air In the background of their lives [Chorus 1] I’m a ghost in my own damn house Walking through walls nobody sees now Talking loud but there ain’t no sound Like I disappeared somehow Only time they say my name Is when they need me to pay Yeah I’m a ghost in my own damn house Just fading away [Verse 2] Worked these hands down to the bone To build this life we got Missed birthdays, missed sleep Just to give ‘em all I’m not Now supper comes and supper goes Without a single word I could leave for days at a time And I wonder if they’d notice first But when the bills stack up Or the car breaks down again Suddenly I matter Till the check clears in the end [Chorus 2] I’m a ghost in my own damn house Standing right here but I’m shut out Every hallway feels haunted now By the man I used to be proud about They look through me every day Till they need something their way Yeah I’m a ghost in my own damn house Slowly drifting away [Bridge] I don’t need a parade Or a hero’s welcome home Just somebody to ask me How long I’ve carried this alone Maybe one night they’ll see What all this silence costs That a man can still be breathing And already feel lost [Last Chorus] I’m a ghost in my own damn house Just a shadow stretched across this couch Giving all I got somehow While nobody figures me out And it cuts deeper every day Being loved only when I pay Yeah I’m a ghost in my own damn house And I don’t know how much longer I can stay
