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 realise 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

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

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

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, you know i'm right, but what if

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