I’m dancing alone in a world of ghosts

Sipping what you loved the most

Laughing with the one I lost

You smile, but you don’t talk

Between duty posts, I saw your face

Time done gone and closed your case

No wife, no kids, just a static place

You looked like a haunted shell

With ragged eyes, in a private hell

Said you were fine, but I could tell

You were fading, like a tolling bell

A year passed, I got the call

You died alone, away from all

Heart gave out, or maybe drugs

Either way, it pulled the plug

I’m dancing alone in a world of ghosts

Sipping what you loved the most

Laughing with the one I lost

You smile, but you don’t talk

Back of the truck, something hit

You said “hold tight,” but neva quit

Orange jumpsuit, childhood split

Mabye, my memory’s a counterfeit?

In the funeral crowd, da faces blur

Old flames, his pastors, prison converts

Five kids standin’ at his perch

But his mother never came, not even a word

I drink what you drank

I dance how you danced

I laugh like you laughed

But none of it lands

I sit in your chair

I breathe in your air

I play your old songs

But you’re never there

I’m dancing alone in a world of ghosts

Sipping what you loved the most

Laughing with the one I lost

You smile, but you don’t talk

One day they’ll play my song

I'll be with you and sing along

But will someone dance for me in this world of ghosts?