Ghost of Who I Was

[Verse 1] I kept her folded in a frame Glass cracked over her name She wore her fear like skin and bone Smiled wide but stood alone She called it love, it felt like chains Said “stay small” to numb the pain Built her world from “I’m alright” Dying slow in plain sight [Pre-Chorus] Every mirror, same disguise Every truth behind her eyes Something in me finally broke When silence turned to smoke [Chorus] She’s a ghost now in the rearview Fading in the dark I drove through And I don’t miss her like I thought I would No, I don’t miss her like I thought I would She’s a shadow on the highway Lost inside yesterday I let her burn where she stood And I don’t miss her like I thought I would [Verse 2] She bit her tongue till it bled white Turned her wrong into their right Folded small to fit their frame Took the fall, took the blame She was thunder underground Screaming with no sound Every spark she tried to hide Was begging to collide [Pre-Chorus] Every echo said “Don’t change” Every step was bound in chains But I shattered what I knew When I chose the truth [Chorus] She’s a ghost now in the rearview Fading in the dark I drove through And I don’t miss her like I thought I would No, I don’t miss her like I thought I would She’s a shadow in the headlights Burned away by sunrise I let her fall for something good And I don’t miss her like I thought I would [Bridge] I mourned her like a memory Like losing her was losing me But she was only who I’d been Not who I am within You can’t rise if you won’t break You can’t breathe if you suffocate I set the fire to my fear And walked straight through the flame I am louder than her silence I am fire past the violence I am stronger than I was I am stronger than I was [Final Chorus] She's a ghost now... She's a ghost now... And I'm still here. [Outro] She's a ghost now... And I’m still here.