Song Lyrics

Ghosts

by Jennifer Pitcock

They started out as echoes--
Just figments in my head.
I didn't want to face them,
So I buried them instead.
But as so often happens,
The dead just won't stay dead.
They're haunting me, they're taunting me,
These phantoms in my head--
In my head.


I know the past can't hurt you,
I know what's done is done.
But demon thoughts possess me,
And I can't escape--can't run.
These phantoms still are feeding
Upon the tears I shed.
They're killing me, and willingly,
I let them in my head--
In my head.


I'm haunted by the memories
Of things I didn't see at all!
How can I fight these demons
And forget what I never saw?
I know of no salvation,
I'm hanging by a thread!
This phantom pain drives me insane;
I cannot kill what is not real;
Though the world may change, these ghosts will stay
Forever in my head--
In my head!




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