Lost in the Shadows

[Verse 1]
Crooked hallway
Walls breathing down my neck
Every step an echo
Every echo a regret
Hands out
Grabbing
At a door that isn’t there
My own reflection
Won’t even meet my stare
[Chorus]
I’m lost in the shadows
Where the dead parts of me still live
Calling out to the hollow
Begging darkness to forgive
If I claw my way to tomorrow
Will I finally learn to see?
I’m lost in the shadows
And the shadows look like me
[Verse 2]
Voices whisper
But they’re all in my own tone
Breaking every mirror
Just to prove I’m not alone
Blood on the carpet
From the promises I drag
Hope is just a rumor
On a tattered
Faded flag (hey!)
[Chorus]
I’m lost in the shadows
Where the dead parts of me still live
Calling out to the hollow
Begging darkness to forgive
If I claw my way to tomorrow
Will I finally learn to see?
I’m lost in the shadows
And the shadows look like me
[Bridge]
[Drop to choked guitars
Drums cut
Vocal alone]
If I’m the one who locked this cage
Why do I still curse the key?
Peeling back another layer
It’s all just versions of me (of me)
[Full band slams back in]
So drag me through the black
Let the past attack
If I don’t come back
Light my name and turn your back
[Chorus]
I’m lost in the shadows
Where the dead parts of me still live
Calling out to the hollow
Begging darkness to forgive
If I claw my way to tomorrow
Will I finally learn to see?
I’m lost in the shadows
But I won’t let them be me

metal, Explosive metalcore with drop-tuned guitars, halftime chugs, and sharp palm-muted riffs; verses in a tense low growl, choruses jump to soaring screamed-sung vocals. Kick locks with staccato guitars, bass grinds underneath, and cymbal swells lead into a breakdown with dissonant chords and gang vocals. Male vocals, layered screams and harmonies for a huge, cathartic hook.