Glacial Daydream - Neighborhood Ghosts Lyrics

[Intro]
Yellow tape around the cul-de-sac
Every window's got eyes watching back
Mama working late, but I ain't alone
Got shadows creeping through my home

[Verse 1]
Used to share Nintendo, now you share intel
Empty houses after school became our personal hell
Thought you had my back when the streets got dark
Now you're just another snake in this suburban park
Felix, you fake f*ck, playing both sides clean
While I'm grinding, you're designing ways to intervene
Remember them days, watching cartoons on the floor?
Now I'm watching cameras mounted by your front door

[Chorus]
Trust died in the suburbs tonight
Where good kids turn snake under porch lights
(Yeah) Empty driveways hide the lies
While working parents swallow alibis
F*ck what you heard, this ain't no game
Streets remember every snitch's name

[Verse 2]
Middle-class dreams built on snitching schemes
While our folks worked doubles chasing American dreams
You chose the easy route, became their little spy
Trading playground secrets for your piece of the pie
Remember that babysitter who taught us chess?
Now every move you make got me wearing a vest
Same hood, different rules, that's how it goes
When poverty turns brothers into undercover foes

[Bridge]
Static on the scanner, voices in the night
Childhood memories fading in blue and red lights
We were both hungry, but you ate your soul
Now the whole block's cold, that's how the story goes

[Outro]
Yellow tape around the cul-de-sac
Every window's got eyes watching back
Trust died in the suburbs tonight
Where good kids turn snake under porch lights