TITLE: “MY SHADOWS WILL RISE AGAIN”
[Verse 1]I folded what was left of my lifeInto suitcases that smelled like rainBlack lace, old photographsLipstick stains and hurricane prayers
Every time I chose a doorwaySomething unseen pulled me backLike the universe kept whispering“No… not this one yet.”
I lost the house with the tall mirrorsLost the job that knew my nameNow I drift through motel neonLike a widow married to change
[Pre-Chorus]But there’s something almost holyAbout surviving your own collapseSomething beautiful and terribleAbout a woman who keeps coming back
[Chorus]She said:“Your shadows will rise againLike velvet after fireLike moonlight on black waterLike a queen walking through the wire
Every door that closed behind youWasn’t punishment — it was redirectionYou were never built for ordinaryYou were born from storm and resurrection.”
My shadows will rise again…Slowly… elegantly…Like smoke from a candleNo storm could extinguish
[Verse 2]Three small shadows watched me packingFrom the edges of the roomGreen eyes glowing in the silenceLike lanterns in the gloom
Every town I almost escaped toHad a rule that broke my heart“No pets.”Like they were just belongingsNot stitched into my soul in the dark
So I stayed inside the wreckageLonger than I meant to stayBecause I could not leave them waitingWondering why I went away
At night they curled against my sadnessLike they knew my world had changedThree quiet little witnessesTo everything I could not save
[Pre-Chorus]And maybe love is not a weaknessMaybe love is why I survivedSoft pawsteps in the midnightKeeping something in me alive
[Chorus]She said:“Your shadows will rise againLike roses through the concreteLike cathedral bells at midnightLike a woman no grief could defeat
You were never meant to disappearNever meant to break beneath itEvery loss was shaping youInto something dark and sacred.”
My shadows will rise again…Older… wiser… hard to killLike candlelight in broken windowsStill burning on the hill
[Bridge]Maybe every road that lost meWas mercy wearing blackMaybe God kept moving my shadowSo I would finally find myself back
Not ordinaryNot tameNot easy to explain
But unforgettable.
[Final Chorus]And my shadows rise againThrough motel neon and thunderThrough moving boxes and heartbreakThrough the wreckage I walked under
With three little souls beside meAnd smoke still in my lungsI carry what could not be replacedInto whatever comes
My shadows will rise again…And this timeShe knows exactlyWhat she survived.
