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GHOSTS DON'T SLEEP

Intro — whispered

They said money changes everything...

It changed my clothes.

Changed my car.

Changed my address.

Just didn't change what followed me home.

Verse 1

I grew up where a raised voice meant somebody might bleed,

Where love had conditions and trust had a fee.

Mama said, "Be careful," but nobody showed me how,

So I learned to read danger from the look on a face.

I was a child with a war living under my skin,

Every scar had a story I was too young to explain.

They called me disrespectful — I was terrified and angry,

Nobody heard the difference, so I buried it deeply.

I learned never cry, never beg, never fold,

Never tell another man where the pain takes hold.

If somebody showed affection, I questioned the motive,

If somebody said "love," I heard "here comes the betrayal."

So I sharpened my silence, put ice in my veins,

Turned every soft feeling into something I could blame.

The streets didn't make me — they gave my pain a uniform,

And I wore it so long I forgot what I was before.

Hook

Ghosts don't sleep, they follow you home,

Even when the mansion got a gate and a phone.

Money on the table, champagne on ice,

Still hear those old screams when I turn out the lights.

Ghosts don't sleep, they remember my name,

Every scar, every fight, every choice, every stain.

I thought being heartless meant nobody could hurt me,

Now I got everything...

Why does nothing deserve me?

Verse 2

Now the bankroll thick and the nights get expensive,

Whole room full of people but I'm still defensive.

She tells me she loves me, I look for the angle,

How you call it affection when your heart sees a trap?

I got bottles on tables, models in the section,

Everybody wants a piece when they see the progression.

They see the designer, they don't see the damage,

They see the celebration — never ask what it cost me.

I toast to the pain like the pain made me famous,

But fame can't make peace with a mind this dangerous.

I became what I feared, then I feared what I became,

Built a fortress around me and still couldn't escape.

Hook

Ghosts don't sleep, they follow you home,

Even when the mansion got a gate and a phone.

Money on the table, champagne on ice,

Still hear those old screams when I turn out the lights.

Ghosts don't sleep, they remember my name,

Every scar, every fight, every choice, every stain.

I thought being heartless meant nobody could hurt me,

Now I got everything...

Why does nothing deserve me?

Verse 3 — Coldest section

Now the blue lights flash and my pulse gets quicker,

Old cases resurfacing, the walls getting thinner.

Assault on the record, violence in the history,

Now they're asking questions about a death that followed me.

I used to think consequences were somebody else's problem,

Till the past knocked twice and the future stopped calling.

Funny how the streets never tell you about this chapter:

When the money disappears and the freedom gets harder.

I can't outrun a memory in a brand-new foreign,

Can't buy innocence with the money I'm storing.

Can't hire a lawyer to cross-examine my conscience,

Can't bribe my own mind into forgetting the monsters.

And the worst part?

I know exactly where it started.

A little kid learning survival from the people who were supposed to protect him.

But pain gave me a reason...

It never gave me permission.

Bridge — almost spoken

I don't trust love.

I don't trust silence.

I don't trust smiles.

I don't even trust myself.