Alvis Aaron Collins II - Ghost In My Skin Lyrics

There's a stranger in the glass looking back at me, eyes heavy like stones, can't find no release
I trace the lines, see the shadows he left, a ghost in my skin, a man I regret, got scars that won't fade, they just dig in deep
Memories are buried, but they don't stay asleep, he's there in the silence when the light starts to dim, a ghost in my skin, can't outrun him
I'm a ghost in my skin, chasing who I could have been, a broken reflection, a life I lived in sin, trying to breathe free but the air's getting thin, I'm haunted by pieces I'll never mend

Every road I didn't take leads back to me, echoes of choices and who I couldn't be, moments I pushed away, dreams turned to dust, a figure in the mirror under layers of rust
There's a weight on my chest that I can't seem to lift, like I'm paying for sins I never did confess, he's there in the silence with eyes cold as steel, a ghost in my skin, too stubborn to heal
I'm a ghost in my skin, chasing who I could have been, a broken reflection, a life I lived in sin, trying to breathe free but the air's getting thin, I'm haunted by pieces I'll never mend
But maybe he's the shadow that I need to face, maybe these broken parts hold my grace, I can't keep running from what's etched in my bones

Maybe I need this ghost to feel whole
I'm a ghost in my skin, finally seeing what I am within, not broken, not lost, just tired of being where I've been, breathing free now, though the air's running thin, made peace with the ghost, my shadow, my twin
So here I stand, eyes open wide, with the weight of a thousand lives behind, no longer haunted, no need to pretend, just a ghost in my skin, my closest friend