Aura of Ruin - The Ghost In The Hallway

[Verse 1] I still taste the dirt from the hallway floor I was sixteen, staring at the classroom door My throat locked up, couldn't make a sound Whenever your shadow fell across the ground You owned the room, you made me feel so small A victim of the monster waiting in the hall I wore the bruises like a secret curse Terrified the next day would only get worse. [Pre-Chorus] For years I carried the weight of your spite But the darkest shadows vanish in the light! Now I see you clearly, the spell has broken! [Chorus] You were just a coward wearing a crown! Feeding on the weak to keep yourself up! Look at me now, do you recognize my face? I am the ghost that used to haunt your space! I could crush you now, tear your kingdom apart, But I'd rather leave you drowning in the dark! [Verse 2] I spent a decade letting your words define me But I left that broken little boy behind me I learned the hard way how the cruel world bleeds And realized monsters are just fragile seeds I look at you now, with your fading pride There’s nowhere left for your weakness to hide I know your secrets, I know what you fear: You’re nothing but a bully when nobody is near! [Bridge] You made me pray for the ground to swallow me whole! But I built an armor you could never control! Look at your hands, they are shaking now! I have the power to make you bow! Step up! Face the music! [Breakdown] D-D-DESTROY! Look into my eyes and tell me I'm prey! I can destroy you with a single word today! I hold your life in the palm of my hand! But you’re not even worth the dirt I stand on! [Chorus] You were just a coward wearing a crown! Feeding on the weak to keep yourself up! Look at me now, do you recognize my face? I am the ghost that used to haunt your space! I could crush you now, tear your kingdom apart, But I'd rather leave you drowning in the dark! [Outro] Drowning in the dark... You are nothing. I am everything.