Passenger

The lights are on but I’m not home
I drift through thoughts I don’t own
I mouth the words, but they’re not mine
Like someone dubbed this crooked line

My skin still fits, but not quite right
I blur by day and black out night

I’m just a ghost behind my face
A stowaway in empty space
I scream, but it comes out serene
I’m stuck inside a silent screen

I watch the world from far behind
A passenger inside my mind
I trace the outlines, paint them bold
But nothing warms - it’s always cold

My name feels foreign on their tongues
Like stories sung in foreign lungs

I’m just a ghost behind my face
A stowaway in empty space
I scream, but it comes out serene
I’m stuck inside a silent screen

No tether left to who I was
No cause for pain, no time to pause
I wander halls with empty doors
Each one I've tried, and still - no floor

I’m just a ghost behind my face
A stowaway in empty space
I scream, but it comes out serene
I’m stuck inside a silent screen

Don’t ask me where I went or why
The mirror smiles, but it’s a lie