Lyrics
[Intro]
Here we go again, counting ghosts,
Figures on the ledger, but nothing close.
[Verse 1]
I started with a vision, glowing bright,
Turned a small idea into satellite heights.
Investors came running, checkbooks in hand,
Pumped up the numbers, it looked so grand.
In the boardroom echoes, a cheer was heard,
On paper, my fortune, absurdly spurred.
But when I peek in my wallet, it’s just lint I find,
All these millions, are they just in my mind?
[Chorus]
Ghosts in the ledger, haunting me,
Paper money, can’t buy coffee.
Ghosts in the ledger, screaming high,
Taxman cometh, pie in the sky.
[Verse 2]
Plans to expand, take the world stage,
But the exit tax, puts me in a cage.
"Pay on potential," that’s the decree,
What about cash flow? Not a guarantee.
They tax my dreams, tax my sleep,
Promises to keep, and a leap so steep.
How do I thrive, how do I survive,
When they tax my ghost money before it’s alive?
[Chorus]
Ghosts in the ledger, haunting me,
Paper money, can’t buy coffee.
Ghosts in the ledger, screaming high,
Taxman cometh, pie in the sky.
[Bridge]
Is it real, or just a number game?
Valuations high, but no fame.
I’m a mogul, on paper it seems,
But can’t afford the dreams, only in memes.
[Breakdown]
They say I’m rich, the
next big mogul,
But can’t stop checking, my gas tank’s fuel.
Tax on wealth, that’s yet to be,
Feels like chains, when I just need to be free.
[Chorus]
Ghosts in the ledger, haunting me,
Paper money, can’t buy coffee.
Ghosts in the ledger, screaming high,
Taxman cometh, pie in the sky.
[Outro]
So when you read about my paper worth,
Remember the ghosts that haunted my berth.
Ledger full, but life so spare,
In this game of shadows, it’s a taxing affair.
