[Verse 1]
You are the mother
Who turns in her sleep
Over and over and over
And the woman with the stiff collar can't I be both
Your son and
Your son and your daughter

[Chorus]
The past is the past for a reason (Oh)
I didn't give up your ghost for a reason (Oh)
Now I can't sleep for a reason (Oh)
The past is the past for a reason

[Verse 2]
And I'm done going to all the places that
We used to, we used to in my head
And I'm lining to not change up on
How you're doing, how you're feeling
Where you go in the dead of night

[Chorus]
The past is the past for a reason (Oh)
I didn't give up your ghost for a reason (Oh)
Now I can't sleep for a reason (Oh)
The past is the past for a reason

[Outro]
I'm lying in the road for a reason
The past is the past for a reason