“Golden Ghosts”

I used to dream in color when I looked at you
Now all I see is static cutting through
You were heaven wrapped in broken vows
Now I’m singing to a silence I won’t allow

We carved a future on the back of lies
Held hands through fire, never asked why
Smiled for pictures, cried in the dark
Two souls drifting from the start

But I still remember the sound of your laugh
Now it’s echoes in a hallway of the past
If I could speak to the kid I was back then
I’d say “She’s not your future. Just your end.”

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“You stole my years, you kissed my pain
Loved me slow, then left me drained
Golden days we never claimed
Now I sing your name in vain
You burned the bridge, I built the song
Still I miss you when I know it’s wrong
If this is love, it’s bittersweet
A war I lost but won on beat”

I gave you verses, you gave me lies
Played the victim while I internalized
All the nights I swallowed truth like glass
Now I spit fire, watch the bridges collapse
You were my calm in the eye of the storm
Till I realized calm can still deform
Golden days? More like golden chains
Wrapped around dreams that died in vain

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“Golden ghosts, we haunt this track
I want you gone but I want you back!”

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“You stole my years and taught me rage
Turned a love song into a stage
You held me close then dropped the blade
Now I dance inside the mess we made
Golden ghosts and shattered vows
But I’m the fire, I’m burning now
This is love, this is war
This is me, not us, anymore”

“You were the best mistake I couldn’t keep
Now I let your name fade as I fall asleep”

rock, alternative rock, nu metal, metal, emo