I met a ghost in the hallway
of a burned down house
the night I ran from home,
and he screamed to me,
Youâve got a life to live and learn from,
why is it so hard,
to settle your mind,
and let your heart fly?
Old friend,
what happened inside of your heart?
to keep you from feeling invited.
think back,
to the nights you were so overwhelmed,
with first times,
and feeling excited.
you leapt off the ledge behind me,
you pulled the floor from beneath my feet,
and now
I fall asleep just to wake up tomorrow,
look straight through my eyes to the kid that I want to be.
Who are you, and where the hell did you come from?
I canât just cave and let this pull me away,
if thereâs nothing there, there should be nothing to run from,
subconsciously killing the kid that I used to be.
and if you think this smile is the same as it was
well, youâre wrong.
I'll live a few more days,
hang on another excuse for why Iâm living this way.
I take a step through the doorway,
as the light cascades,
on an all too familiar face,
letâs get the story straight.
Look where we are!
this is the building,
you burned it,
weâre black in the lungs!
If you stand from afar,
youâll see the people you claimed to have loved,
take the blame as you shrivel up.
Iâm growing tired of chasing my mind out the door
and finding my heart on the ocean floor,
The autumn leaves that surround me are changing
and Iâm different, maybe this is exactly what I need.
Old friend, what happened inside of your heart,
to keep you from feeling invited,
think back,
to the nights you were so overwhelmed,
with first times,
and feeling excited.
You leapt of the ledge behind me,
you pulled the floor from beneath my feet
I never wanted to meet you this evening
all of the feelings that shaped me are leaving.
Old friend,
what happened inside of your heart?
to keep you from feeling invited.
think back,
to the nights you were so overwhelmed,
with first times,
and feeling excited.
you leapt off the ledge behind me,
you pulled the floor from beneath my feet,
and now
I fall asleep just to wake up tomorrow,
look straight through my eyes to the kid that I want to be.