Lyrics Ghosts of the Past - Praying Mantis

Ghosts of the Past

You stand your ground and filtered the truth
I drank it down and swallowed my youth
Hey — take it away
There’s a ghost upon you when you’re gone
Leading to the shadow shapes of winter
You believe there’s neither right nor wrong
Lead you through the shadow shapes of winter
All truth burns out complete compromise
It’s bleeding through the night with my eyes
Hey — take me away
Hey — take me away
There’s a ghost upon you when you’re gone
Leading to the shadow shapes of winter
You believe there’s neither right nor wrong
Lead you through the shadow shapes of winter
Let the nightmares leave me alone
These games you play they will not last
Let the memories carry me home
Fighting the storm, living with ghosts of the past
My DNA it leaves a scar
It’s flowing through the veins in my heart
Hey — take you away
Hey — take you away
There’s a ghost upon you when you’re gone
Leading to the shadow shapes of winter
Let the nightmares leave me alone
These games you play they will not last
Let the memories carry me home
Fighting the storm, living with ghosts of the past
Let the nightmares leave me alone
(Ghosts of the past)
Let the memories carry me home
(Ghosts of the past)
Let the nightmares leave me alone
Let the memories carry me home
(Those faces)
With ghosts of the past
Ghosts of the past
Ghosts of the past
Ghosts of—