Give Me the Ghost Back

I'm just an animal that strains against my line I push and pull the cord, to make me feel alive I had to fight to wrest the reins back on my life Here come the stars again Here come those scars again How quickly we become the things that we despise I talked her out of it, another lost the child So many questions, stalking through me, day and night Give me the ghost back Give me the ghost back What goes when I relinquish sin? What's that beating in? What goes when I face who I've been? It's that old grief again Oh, terror is a long dark night Half-awake with the ones who died, the ones who tried To say goodbye to that cold white light Face to face but we have to try To face the night Two hundred million feel they're underneath a knife A million others, can't forget what we can't hide Saw one friend overdose, another took his life Give me the ghost back Give me my ghost back Terror is a long sharp knife Regret and fear have an appetite, appetite So say goodbye to that old white knight No fairytale ending for my night Just death and life Say goodbye to that cold white light, goodbye Say goodbye to that cold white light Goodbye, to the ones who tried to face the night Here come the stars again Here come the stars again