Ghosts

[Verse 1] Like holy water poured on ice A child without a face Beneath the hunger of the knife I can still taste the shame They say the mind will paint the walls But there's a ghost behind Like bones beneath the skin of it all Their world became mine [Prechorus] And I tried to find them To speak and remind them To break them Redefine them I tried to erase them And smother and cage them And sink them But they keep swimmin' [Chorus] 'Cause they won't die (No, no) They're alive (No, no) In the black of the night In the day In the light In the cold In the heat They just wait and they breathe But they're inside I close my eyes But they're not blind No They don't die No No They don't die [Verse 2] Like hallowed walls covered in paint Beneath the children cry But there are some you cannot save No matter how hard you try [Prechorus] And I tried to find them To speak and remind them To break them Redefine them I tried to erase them And smother and cage them And sink them But they keep swimmin' [Chorus] 'Cause they won't die (No, no) They're alive (No, no) In the black of the night In the day In the light In the cold In the heat They just wait and they breathe But they're inside I close my eyes But they're not blind No They don't die No No They don't die [Post-Chorus] No They don't die No No They don't die No They don't die No No They don't die