I told my doctor about nightmarish hallucinations that plague my waking breaths
He told me that it was sleep paralysis, but I don't know if that's true
'Cause all it's ever been is you
Were you ever real?
Or just fragments of my psychotic delusions
Another splintered chapter of my maladaptive daydream
Gauze taped under ripped up jeans
Chased by the summer heat
Ripped sandpaper, island dreams
In the silence of an empty street
I think I always knew you'd leave
Funny how things work out
I'm starting to think ghosts might be real
Funny how times change but people stay the same
Funny how life goes on, even if death haunts every step
The ghost of you may never be gone
I think I always knew you'd leave
I see your name in every book I read and every song that I write
I hoped the knight in me could kill the monster in you
Echoing footsteps I subdue
Were you ever real?
Or just fragments of my psychotic delusions
Another splintered chapter of my maladaptive daydream
Gauze taped under ripped up jeans
Chased by the summer heat
Ripped sandpaper, island dreams
In the silence of an empty street
I think I always knew you'd leave
Funny how things work out
I'm starting to think ghosts might be real
Funny how times change but people stay the same
Funny how life goes on, even if death haunts every step
The ghost of you may never be gone
I think I always knew you'd leave
Ah
Ah
I think I always knew you'd leave
I think I always knew you'd leave
Ah
Ah
I think I always knew you'd leave.
Funny how things work out
I'm starting to think ghosts might be real
Funny how times change but people stay the same
Funny how life goes on even if death haunts every step
The ghost of you may never be gone
I think I always knew I'd leave