Verse 1
Shadow people hide the steeple
Dancing in a house of flame
Bottle glowing under glass
Didn’t even know my name
Peeking through those broken blinds
Swore somebody after me
But the only thing that chased me
Was the man I used to be
Pre-Chorus
Didn’t feel like wrong or right
Just something I had to need
Chorus (Hook)
Shadow people shaking the bottle
Calling me back down that road
Said I couldn’t live without it
Said I’d never let it go
But I opened up my eyes
Saw the truth in all that evil
Killed the man I used to be
And I ran back to the steeple
Verse 2
Temptation wasn’t temptation
It was air inside my chest
Every sip was just survival
Every high just second best
I was lost inside the shadows
Didn’t think I’d ever leave
Till I saw the devil smiling
Looking right back out at me
Pre-Chorus
That’s the night it finally broke
That grip it had on me
Chorus (Hook)
Shadow people shaking the bottle
Calling me back down that road
Said I couldn’t live without it
Said I’d never let it go
But I opened up my eyes
Saw the truth in all that evil
Killed the man I used to be
And I ran back to the steeple
Bridge (stripped, emotional)
Yeah I burned in that house of fire
With a ghost I couldn’t outrun
Till I dropped that weight behind me
And faced what I’d become
Final Chorus (bigger)
Shadow people lost their power
When I finally let it go
Ain’t no chains left on my soul now
Ain’t no darkness in my bones
Yeah I opened up my eyes
Found some light inside that steeple
Buried who I used to be
When I ran back to the steeple
Outro
Shadow people still might whisper…
But they don’t sound like me
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