Shadows

[Verse 1]
Coffee gone cold
Your chair still pulled out
Dust on the shelf
Where your books used to crowd
I talk to the air
Like you just stepped outside
Your name on my tongue
But you’re not by my side
[Chorus]
Shadows
That’s all that’s left of you
On these walls
In these rooms
In the mirror of my bedroom
Shadows
Of a love I thought I knew
I reach out
I fall through
Every shade reminds me
I’m still losing you
In the shadows
[Verse 2]
Your coat on the hook
I still move it for two
Set a place at the table
Then remember the truth
I scroll through your photos
Like a window to before
Close my eyes
You’re laughing
Open them
You’re gone once more
[Chorus]
Shadows
That’s all that’s left of you
On these walls
In these rooms
In the mirror of my bedroom
Shadows
Of a love I thought I knew
I reach out
I fall through
Every shade reminds me
I’m still losing you
In the shadows
[Bridge]
Tell me
Do you ever
See my outline in the dark?
Do you feel an empty pillow
Like a hand around your heart?
I keep walking through the past
Like a house that we outgrew
Every corner that I turn
Leads me back to you (back to you)
[Chorus]
Shadows
That’s all that’s left of you
On these walls
In these rooms
In the mirror of my bedroom
Shadows
Of a love I thought I knew
I reach out
I fall through
Every shade reminds me
I’m still losing you
In the shadows
In the shadows

Piano-led pop ballad, slow tempo, male vocals. Intimate first verse with close-mic vocal and sparse chords, then strings swell into a wide, emotional chorus. Subtle pads and distant reverb tails add space on the bridge; final chorus drops to near-whisper then blooms with stacked harmonies for a cathartic finish., ballad