[Intro]
The hallway lights are flickering low
Old posters curl like faces I know

[Verse]
There’s a jacket on a broken chair
Still smells like smoke and summer air
A list of names taped to the wall
Some flew too high, some lost it all

I hear the laughter down the stairs
But when I turn, there’s no one there
Just empty rooms and cables crossed
A kingdom built for backstage ghosts

[Pre-Chorus]
Every city leaves a trace
Every dream becomes a face
I cannot outrun

[Chorus]
Backstage ghosts are calling me
From every road I used to bleed
They know the songs I never wrote
They know the words stuck in my throat

Backstage ghosts won’t let me go
They light the dark after the show
When the final curtain falls
I hear them walking through the walls

[Verse]
There’s a mirror cracked in two
One side old and one side new
I see the boy I used to be
Still asking what became of me

The crowd has gone, the trucks have rolled
The coffee’s black, the night is cold
I hold a pass from years ago
Like it could take me back somehow

[Pre-Chorus]
Every cheer became a chain
Every mile became a name
I cannot forget

[Chorus]
Backstage ghosts are calling me
From every road I used to bleed
They know the songs I never wrote
They know the words stuck in my throat

Backstage ghosts won’t let me go
They light the dark after the show
When the final curtain falls
I hear them walking through the walls

[Bridge]
Maybe they are not here to blame me
Maybe they are here to save me
Maybe every voice I fear
Is only love still standing near

[Solo]

[Chorus]
Backstage ghosts are calling me
From every road I used to bleed
They know the songs I never wrote
They know the words stuck in my throat

Backstage ghosts won’t let me go
They light the dark after the show
When the final curtain falls
I hear them walking through the walls

[Outro]
The hallway lights are fading slow
But I am not alone, I know