(Intro) (Sound of rain hitting a window, a distant police siren fades out) Yeah... They see the jewelry, they see the whip... But they don’t see the scars underneath the silk. Still haunted. Still runnin’. Check. (Verse 1) Memories bite like a winter frost, Counting the years and the innocence lost. School to school, I was just a ghost, A hollow chest where the anger lived most. Pushed out the gates, kicked out the door, The classroom floor turned into a war. Then the reformatory, cold bars and stone, Surrounded by demons but always alone. Wrong crowds, bad blood, everywhere I went, A childhood broken, a life misspent. It’s burned in my skin, it’s etched in my brain, The only thing loyal back then was the pain. (Chorus) I’m walking through the fire with a frozen heart, Played in the dark, so I’m torn apart. Got the money, got the status, got the keys to the throne, But I’m sitting in this mansion feeling so alone. The ghosts of the past, they’re pulling me back, One foot in the light, one foot in the black. I got everything I wanted, yeah, the vision is clear, But the only thing missing is a soul I don’t fear. (Verse 2) Trust is a luxury I can’t afford, Been stabbed in the back by the ones I adored. Fakes and the snakes, they all wanted a piece, Now the walls stay up and the guards never cease. I got a small circle, just a handful of brothers, I’d die for them—unlike all of the others. Grew up fast, watched the scenery change, But the paranoia stays, and it feels so strange. Once you dance with the shadows, they follow your lead, They whisper the lies that they want you to feed. The spirits of the struggle, they won’t let me go, Trying to drown me in the undertow. (Bridge) (Beat drops out, just a dark, ambient synth) It’s hard to step out when the light feels blinding, When the ghosts of the street are still out here finding... Every weakness I hide, every crack in the glass, I’m praying for a future that can kill off my past. (Verse 3) Now I’m looking at the stars through a panoramic roof, My bank account’s heavy, yeah, I’m the living proof. But the gold is cold and the leather is numb, Waiting for the day that the healing might come. I’m searching for a girl, a light in the grey, Someone who can chase all these demons away. I pray that we meet, that she finds me in time, To save me from myself and this mountain I climb. Save me from the ego, save me from the hate, Before the shadows seal my final fate. (Chorus) I’m walking through the fire with a frozen heart, Played in the dark, so I’m torn apart. Got the money, got the status, got the keys to the throne, But I’m sitting in this mansion feeling so alone. The ghosts of the past, they’re pulling me back, One foot in the light, one foot in the black. I got everything I wanted, yeah, the vision is clear, But the only thing missing is a soul I don’t fear. (Outro) (Heavy bass fades, leaving only a haunting piano melody) Still praying... Still waiting for that one soul. The money don’t hug you back at night. The shadows... they're still here. I just need to trust... just once. (Fade to silence)
