Alienation and reconnection, fear and love, a folk/rock ballad.
lyrics
Ghost of Myself
The kids say, “Dad, can you come out to play?”
I say, “Not just now, maybe another day”
My wife touches me, says let’s go to bed
But I can’t get these voices out of my head
Somethin’ inside’s not really me
Somethin’ inside’s not the way it should be
I’m a slave to the muse of material things
It’s a grave when I lose what my heart sings
I’m just a ghost of myself, I’m not really there
When you look in my eyes for love there’s an empty stare
I’m just a ghost of myself, I’m haunting these halls
When you need my love you’ll find nothing at all
My Mom said, “Son, you know I got to be true,
You used to be happy, what happened to you?”
See Mom I’m holding fears and regrets
It’s not so easy to forgive and forget
My Daddy’s standing strong by my side
It’s hard to see through my pain and my pride
My friend I got to show you I need
To show I’m alive got to show you I bleed
I’m just a ghost of myself, I’m not really there
I died inside long ago, that’s just a story I got to let go
I got friends, family, children, my wife
A calling calling me back to life
Back to life, back to life….
I’ll give the most of myself, I’ll live without fear
When you look in my eyes for love you’ll find it here
I’ll give the most of myself, I’m walking through walls
When you need my love you’ll find I’ll give it all
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