Haunted is an original re-recorded in honor of my late father’s birthday on April 25th of this year.
Today, April 25th, would have been my Dad’s Birthday. Haunted was originally written back in 2005 and was his favorite song that I had ever written. In the original version, Dad regularly mentioned how he wished I would pull out the drums and guitar out and focus on treating this as more of a ballad centered around the vocals.
With that, I present an updated version of Haunted in honor of my Dad.
Lyrics:
Drifting to me
Like distant tears upon these dreams
A dream so long forgotten
Buried under waves
So quickly all the wants I’ve known before
Crash into the surface
Cascading on the sand
A life waiting outside the door
Only locked by fear
Staring at the mirror
So long inside myself
Paralyzed by years of lies
Spun so delicate
A web that’s spun to bind me
Of my own making
Behind these bitter eyes
I am haunted
Inside this fragile mind
My tormentor
Disguised as something more
A hope betrays me
Inside the sweetest dreams
I am haunted
By wanting more
Falling unto me
Like crystal raindrops on my cheeks
All the things I want
The hopes I had
My ambitions
Colors draining slowly from all the vibrance that they’ve known
Seeping downward
Draining into grey
My life waits for me outside the door
Only locked by fear
Sitting in the dark
So cold and barren
Stigmatized by years of lies
That lead me to distrust
That you could save me
But you can’t save me
I am haunted
I am haunted
Inside this fragile mind
My tormentor
Disguised as something more
A hope betrays me
Inside the sweetest dreams
I am haunted
By wanting more