The Ghost I Used To Be Lyrics - Foundations Of Burden - Pallbearer

Strange shards 

All relics of the path 

That I have followed 

To dead ends 

Embed in wounds 

All doors into the past 

They've barred themselves 

But scars have failed 

Torn open far too soon 

And with time 

The shards transform to keys 

Fit for lowest depths 

Unlocked truths to reveal 

Sharpened fine 

The keys all sink within 

My time has come 

Accepting fate 

Light disappears again 

Fading eyes 

No paths I see now 

I become the ghost 

The ghost I used to be 

I searched throughout the void 

(I chose this) 

For the scraps of life I have left behind 

Each one has left me knowing 

(I feel nothing) 

This path may never reach an end for me 

And with a spectral breath 

I'm begging to be freed 

This burden of regret 

Kindling to ignite 

And a necessary end 

To living in a lie 

So when fires all burn cold 

Leave behind a glowing husk 

The ghost that I become again 

Glides back into the dusk 

Alone