Shadows

(Intro)

Lights die slow,

Every truth learnt to know.

(Verse 1)

I walk where echoes learn my name,

Every step repeats the same.

Walls breathe in, the ceiling knows,

All my secrets, all my ghosts.

Hands shake holding broken vows,

I swear I’m real, but not right now.

Mirrors lie, they crack and stare,

Something’s wearing my despair.

(Chorus)

Shadows crawl up my spine,

They whisper, *you were never fine*.

Shadows pull me underground,

They love the quiet when I drown.

Shadows wait where hope decays,

They look like me in different ways.

(Verse 2)

I taste the night in every word,

Every scream goes unheard.

Sleep don’t come, it circles slow,

Like it knows what I don’t know.

Promises rot in the dark,

Faith flickers, fails to spark.

I tried to run, I tried to pray,

But the dark remembers my face.

(Chorus)

Shadows crawl up my spine,

They whisper, *you were never fine*.

Shadows pull me underground,

They love the quiet when I drown.

Shadows wait where hope decays,

They look like me in different ways.

(Bridge)

If I disappear tonight,

Don’t look for me in the light.

I learned the dark don’t judge or leave,

It only takes what you believe.

(Breakdown)

Hold your breath.

Count the pain.

Say my name, then say it again.

(Final Chorus)

Shadows live inside my skin,

Every ending, every sin.

Shadows speak when I don’t fight,

They tuck me in and kill the light.

Shadows stay when all things end,

They’re my enemy and friend.

(Outro)

When the morning tries to show,

I fade back where the shadows go.