Ghost
Andy Mineo Lyrics

What you even come around for?
Why did you bother to show up?

You ain't have my back even when I had yours
You didn't support me when I needed you, even though I supported you.

We said we'll take the whole world over
We promised each other that we would succeed in everything we did.

You couldn't even tell me what's wrong
You didn't communicate with me when you had a problem.

Still think about it though it's been so long
I still remember what happened, even though it was a long time ago.

Thought we'd be down forever, now you're gone
I thought we would be friends forever, but now you're not in my life.

I remember, I remember
I have vivid memories of our friendship.

It wasn't many days that we didn't chill together
We spent a lot of time hanging out together.

We was hangin' in my dorm room, we would write them rhymes
We used to write music together in my dorm room.

Then record 'em in my closet cause we was next to shine
We recorded our music in my closet because we knew we would be successful.

Even had our own handshake, fall into that hug
We had a special handshake and hug that we shared with each other.

And we was different colors, but we swore that we were blood
We were of different races, but we considered ourselves brothers.

And, uh, all of a sudden you deaded everyone
Suddenly, you cut off all ties with everyone.

I had to find out through the internet you had a son
I discovered that you had a child through social media.

And when I text you won't hit me
You ignored my texts and didn't reply to me.

This music took me all around the world, you were s'posed to go with me
My music career has taken me around the world, and I expected you to be with me on this journey.

But, uh, the thug changes and love changes
People change as they grow older and experience different things.

And them best friends become strangers
Even your closest friends can become strangers over time.

I knew what Nas said was true
I realized that what Nas said in his music was true.

I just never thought it be about you
I never thought that I would lose you as a friend.

But, um, people come, people go
People enter and exit our lives all the time.

And when they leave it's like they took a piece of your soul
When someone you care about leaves your life, it feels like a piece of you is missing.

It's sorta like a ghost
The person who left you feels like a ghost, a memory of a relationship that once existed.

I didn't know you could walk through walls
I didn't realize that the bond we had could be broken so easily.

I didn't know you could float
I didn't realize that you could just disappear from my life like a ghost.

I didn't know you could disappear
I didn't know that our friendship could end so suddenly.

I guess you were a ghost
I guess you are just a memory now, like a ghost.

I pray I don't get used to this feelin'
I hope I never get used to the feeling of losing someone I care about.

The closer you are, deeper the cuts, longer the healin'
The closer someone is to you, the harder it is to get over the hurt of losing them.

These feelings and insecurity, they circle
My emotions and insecurities keep coming back to haunt me.

I just walk around like ain't a soul on this earth that's hurtin' me
I pretend that I'm not hurting, even though I am.

I do this for protection
I put up walls to protect myself from getting hurt again.

When I feel rejected I just dead 'em first, man
When I feel rejected by someone, I cut them out of my life before they have a chance to hurt me.

Somebody bring the hearse in
I feel like a part of me dies when someone I care about leaves me.

My worst fear in life is that my wife would have the urge to leave
My biggest fear in life is that my wife will leave me.

Like everybody else start desertin' me
I'm afraid that everyone I care about will leave me, just like you did.

I know we made vows, but I cannot believe when I see divorce rates
I promised to love my wife forever, but I see so many people getting divorced these days.

You know why I got doubts
I have doubts about love because I don't want to be hurt again.

Fear takin' control
My fear is taking control of me.

Seein' it, now I know
Now that I have experienced loss, I understand how painful it can be.

To truly love a person, the bravest act of the soul
Loving someone fully and completely is the most courageous thing you can do.

I could either get my heart again, put it in the open
I could choose to open up my heart again and risk getting hurt.

Or lock it in a box where it never be broken
I could keep my heart locked away so that it can never be broken again.

But there it grows cold, lifeless and old
If I keep my heart locked away, it will become cold and empty over time.

Nobody could come close but it's safe
If I don't let anyone in, I'll never get hurt, but I'll also never experience love.

Protected from the ghost
If I don't let anyone in, I won't have to experience the pain of losing someone again.

We used to be so close
We used to have a close relationship.