[Verse 1]
I drove the highways of a skeleton coast
Salt and sea tapped mysteries into the keys
I wrote an opus of distorted truths
A symphony to crashing waves of victory

[Chorus]
Ooh-ooh, I am a ghostwriter
Ooh-ooh, ooh, pretend I am forever young
Ooh-ooh, I bleed every ribbon dry
Waiting for my day to come

[Verse 2]
Tamerlane, my poor soul in a last refrain
An endless storm rattles on my windowpane
The creaking floors, lost voices of a thousand wars
The fire roars

[Chorus]
Ooh-ooh, I am a ghostwriter
Ooh-ooh, ooh, pretend I am forever young
Ooh-ooh, I bleed every ribbon dry
Waiting for my day to come

[Bridge]
How long can we sing the same old tired songs?
How long can we tread water?
The shore is only gettin' smaller
[Chorus]
I am a ghostwriter
Pretend I am forever young
And I bleed every ribbon dry
Waiting for my day to come
Waiting for my day to come
To come