Ghost & Shadow

This one won't open with a cliché
No broken hearts or rivers that run dry
Just let me breathe a little deeper
Compose my thoughts and then I'll tell you why
I can't seem to make sense of your eyes when they're mine
Oh god, you've even got my smile
I can't believe we're not in love
The things I go through...

One, there was a time that you'd have me around
There wasn't three, four, five in fact I'm struggling with two:
That's a first
In fact I realize it now,
The hand that's writing this down, is broke and covered in blisters
Forget the drink, drugs, just re-assume the rest
It's not okay waking up everyday to a war
But in truth, know nothing else
Yet still, we're made to suffer when I'm straight

So what if all I am, is a ghost and shadow?
All that you see is an empty shell
Look I know we've got problems but god let's be clear
You know we share my name, and that will never change

There's every chance, as you grow older
You'll come across this verse and ask me why?

I sound so distant and so bitter
You'll call me out; know I'll probably lie
I just hope to make sense of your eyes when you smile
God we're nearly out of time
Just don't become the man I was
Be the man I tried to...

So what if all I am, is a ghost and shadow?
And all that you see is an empty shell
Look I know we've got problems but god let's be clear
You know we share my name, and that will never change

Even if I'm this - ghost and shadow
And for now you see, straight through me
A time will come, I'm tired of waiting
To make a difference, for now you keep me breathing

All I am, is a ghost and shadow
And all that you see is an empty shell
Look I know we've got problems but god let's be clear
You know we share my name, and that will never change