I can't escape my past no matter what I do

My penance bares no reprieve and only sorrow insumes

Haunted by former self I count up all my mistakes

Clinched fist gripping tighter ever consumed by shame


Shake off the Ghosts of old

They only weigh you down

Reception's a long road

Better start walking now


Folks tend to judge my name based on who I was

Those days are over now I know who I've become


Shake off the Ghosts of old

They only weigh you down

Reception's a long road

Better start walking now


Still every now and then those operations apparitions

Creeping 'round in my head if nothing else I've learned


To shake off the Ghosts of old

They only weigh you down

Reception's a long road

Better start walking now