Rose Lens - Ghost Dog Lyrics

A phantom presence keeps me company
Meets my acquaintance
But don't let it bother me
That I haven't turned around in a couple years
I wonder if I did, would I find that it'd still be there
'Cause I've learned from looking inside
That there is not as much as I had expected to find

Ghost dog always by my side
Through thick and thin, and whatever divide
I've only been seeing what I want to see
And I don't know how much of it I should believe
So sick of these cascading lies
So I've built up walls, and they're fortified
Just look at the mess that you all made of me
The promise I had and what you made me believe

Well I suppose I should have known
That I am just as f*cking malleable as they presume me to be
But if there's one thing that I know
It's that exchanging hollow words has never made me feel less alone
Never made me feel like I'm getting any closer to my home
'Cause behind closed doors, you'll tear me down
Right off this jagged path
That was hard enough to find before the fact

Ghost dog always on the ground
No dreams, no goals, he just hangs around
But he didn't run away, I had to put him down
Since all the things I lost were all the things that he had found
Always harping on the things he lacked
Coy and quiet 'til my bags are packed
I always leave with less than I came with
I'm on my knees, spine open and shameless

Sensibility in me has gone
Asphyxiated itself and reborn again
I'll leave all of you behind
So far from the chains that you tried to adorn me in

Ghost dog always by my side
There's no longer a place for you to run and hide
So shuffle back into your seat
And don't look back until our paths no longer meet
I've always told you that I have my sights set
There's no debate
I refuse to keep bearing all this dead weight
I don't need your company, complacency is not for me
And if it turns out that we disagree
I'll speak with conviction and plant my feet