Verse 1:
Cast your flowers into the void,
Your empty gestures, I avoid,
I never asked you to follow or see,
I embraced the end, longing to be free,
Yet, you chain me down, refuse to let go.
Why do you hold me in this spectral show?
To you, I’m just a shadow that’s dead,
Don’t place your sins upon my head.
Liberate my soul, let it flee,
Don’t paint my afterlife with your plea.
Chorus:
The blood on your hands, it’s a permanent stain,
In your eyes, the ghost of my pain,
I’m dead to you, but still I remain,
Echoing truths, the lies you sustain,
Cease my name, let silence reign,
Within your haunting lies, I’m chained.
Verse 2:
Don’t keep me here, a prisoner to your fears,
Even in death, you drown me in tears,
Trapped in this limbo you’ve designed,
Colored by the darkness of your mind.
Cut the ties, face your own demise,
My glory faded, under your guise,
I’m gone, yet you drag me through your haze,
In your twisted love, I forever blaze.
Chorus:
The blood on your hands, it’s a permanent stain,
In your eyes, the ghost of my pain,
I’m dead to you, but still I remain,
Echoing truths, the lies you sustain,
Cease my name, let silence reign,
Within your haunting lies, I’m chained.
Bridge:
Release me to the winds, let my spirit soar,
No longer a pawn in your remorseful war,
Your chains are your own, forged by your hand,
In your haunted halls, alone you stand.
Verse 3:
I’m the echo in the corridors, the unseen fear,
A memory you can’t erase, always near,
Why bind my spirit when it yearns to depart?
Within your haunted lies, a broken heart.
Chorus:
The blood on your hands, it’s a permanent stain,
In your eyes, the ghost of my pain,
I’m dead to you, but still I remain,
Echoing truths, the lies you sustain,
Cease my name, let silence reign,
Within your haunting lies, I’m chained.
Outro:
Look into the depths, what do you see?
Is it my face, or your own duplicity?
In the silence of your guilt, I am the cry,
Within your haunting lies, I never die.