[Verse]

I'm scared to walk alone to my car in the evening

And if I'm honest, I never feel safe when I'm alone

I go to work to leave that fear behind in the morning, but

Then I realize, this is the real world

[Pre-Chorus]

My ghosts, they live and breathe

My ghosts keep haunting me

I've seen them since I was ten

It's on you that I'm praying

Cut me loose from these darker days

It's on you

[Chorus]

It's not how you paint it, it's the pain of making

And we're told to fake it and just lie, lie, lie, lie

It's the way you say it, it's what you created

And we're told to take it and just lie, lie, lie, lie

[Verse]

I'm over making excuses for all your misbehavior

It's a tired story of a misspent youth and

I'm tired of speaking, knowin' that no one around me is listening

And then I realize, this is the real world

[Pre-Chorus]

My ghosts, they live and breathe

My ghosts keep haunting me

Cuz there's one thing left on you

It's on you that I'm praying

Cut me loose from these darker days

It's on you

[Chorus]

It's not how you paint it, it's the pain of making

And we're told to fake it and just lie, lie, lie, lie

It's the way you say it, it's what you created

And we're told to take it and just lie, lie, lie, lie

[Bridge]

My ghosts keep haunting me

My ghosts keep haunting me

My ghosts

[Chorus]

It's not how you paint it, it's the pain of making

And we're told to fake it and just lie, lie, lie, lie

It's the way you say it, it's what you created

And we're told to take it and just lie, lie, lie, lie

[Outro]

(It's on you that I'm praying

Cut me loose from these darker days)

And just lie, lie, lie, lie

(It's on you)

It's the way you say it, it's what you created

And we're told to take it and just lie, lie, lie, lie