Ghost (The)

My First And Last
School yards to smokey bars/ All these shadows a long the wall/ Wide eyed under endless skies/ When ceilings seemed so tall/ Erase and replace/ I found a monster to call my own/ Reflections trace a changing face/ Regrets in flesh and bone/ I've built this castle in sand/ It becomes smaller with every grain/ I've built this future with my hands/ The silouhettes mark my gain/ Suffocate this child and choke on the result/ These seeds with no light/ A blind will to grow/ Blueprints of descent/ It's etched in the past that we all know/ Scarred chins and splitting shins/ Caloused with fears that show/ Erase and replace/ I found a monster to call my own/ Red crayons and open hands/ I was taught by sticks and stones/ Seperated but the kids still breathing/ Somewhere in between/ It's when our limbs they weigh us down/ We retrace the seams/ But under cold rain and hot air I once watched time stand still/ I stepped back and smiled at the small shoes that I've filled/ Aus Songtexte Mania