Ghosts of the Past - Praying Mantis

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—