Steel giants scrape the heavy grey sky I watch the shadows just passing me by Got a splintered wood chair and a rusted out string Trying to find a voice that still wants to sing But the wind in the alley just hollers and mocks Leaves me shivering here, winding down the clocks And this world is too wide for a ghost like me An anchor cast off in a dried-up sea I’m screaming in silence, I’m dirt on the floor A rusted out lock on a broken-down door Left behind in the cold, unworthy and small Just waiting for the plaster to fall I carved out a shape in the peeling bark Just to prove I exist when it gets too dark But the rain washed it out like a stain in the mud Got this freezing cold river running through my blood Ten thousand faces in the rushing street Not a single one stops for the cracks at their feet 'Cause this world is too wide for a ghost like me An anchor cast off in a dried-up sea I’m screaming in silence, I’m dirt on the floor A rusted out lock on a broken-down door Left behind in the cold, unworthy and small Just waiting for the plaster to fall They say there is grace for the lost and the torn But I’ve been a stray since the day I was born No hands reaching out, no eyes looking in Just the hollow ache underneath my skin I'm a discarded thought in a crowded room Swept out the back by the heavy broom Yeah, this world is too wide for a ghost like me An anchor cast off in a dried-up sea I’m screaming in silence, I’m dirt on the floor A rusted out lock on a broken-down door Left behind in the cold, unworthy and small Just waiting for the plaster to fall Just waiting for the plaster to fall Unnoticed. Unwanted. Just a shadow fading out on the wall.
