[Intro]
[Verse 1]
They call me kin, but b***d runs thin,
A porch light dims where love wore thin.
I stood my ground, held her hand tight,
Now weāre beggars in the cold moonlight.
Empty plates, a dogās faint whine,
Sold my boots just to buy us time.
They took our beds, our photos too,
Laughed and said, āWhatās a son to do?ā
[Chorus]
Oh, Iām the ghost in their Sunday pews,
A sermon preached on my heartās a***e.
They curse my name, then fold their hands,
Judging me for the lines in the sand.
Iām wrong if I stay, wrong if I flee,
A broken son in a twisted family tree.
[Verse 2]
Mamaās eyes turned to ice that night,
When I shielded my wife from prying sight.
āHow dare you lock *my* house door?ā
She screamed like hell at the God she swore.
Now they feast on the scraps we owned,
While we scrape dirt where seeds were sown.
Their laughter rings like a church bellās toll,
But prideās a fire in my homeless soul.
[Chorus]
Oh, Iām the ghost in their Sunday pews,
A sermon preached on my heartās a***e.
They curse my name, then fold their hands,
Judging me for the lines in the sand.
Iām wrong if I stay, wrong if I flee,
A broken son in a twisted family tree.
[Bridge]
What kind of love steals a childās voice?
Twists the truth ātil itās just noise?
Theyāll call the law, theyāll spin the lie,
But Iāll walk free beneath the sky.
A manās worth aināt in their spiteā
Iāll rise from ashes, claw through the night.
[Chorus]
Oh, Iām the ghost in their Sunday pews,
A sermon preached on my heartās a***e.
They curse my name, then fold their hands,
Judging me for the lines in the sand.
Iām wrong if I stay, wrong if I flee,
A broken son in a twisted family tree.
[Outro]
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