Verse 1 Neon bleeds through the barroom haze, I’m tracing cracks in this dying stage. A headline burns like a wound unhealed— Erwin sky where the giant fell still. Chorus My hurt’s a ghost in the mountain pines, Tied to a tree where the whole town cried. Elephant bones in the Tennessee dust— My chest still carries that same cold rust. Verse 2 They hung her high for a crowd’s cheap thrill; I’m hanging now with a heart gone still. No rope around my throat, just an empty space Where the weight of the world still leaves its taste. Chorus My hurt’s a ghost in the mountain pines, Tied to a tree where the whole town cried. Elephant bones in the Tennessee dust— My chest still carries that same cold rust. Bridge — (Broken & Bare) They cut her down when the sun sank low, But my pain don’t learn how to let things go. We’re both just ghosts in the Erwin gloom— Two souls the world never gave room to bloom. Final Chorus — Staind‑Style (Big, Cracked‑Open, Live Finale) My hurt’s still a ghost in the mountain pines, Screaming the truth where the whole town cried. Elephant bones in the Tennessee dust— God, some days I feel like I’m still that rust. But I’m clawing my way through the afterglow, Letting the part of me buried start to grow. Yeah, we’re both just ghosts in the Erwin rain… But I swear I’m learning how to rise again.