Verse 1
You show up in the quiet
In the space between my thoughts
Not the girl I used to hold
But the ghost of who you were
There’s a version of you somewhere
That I still reach out to touch
But it fades before I get there
Like it always does
Love and shadows
Love and shadows
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Pre-Chorus
I know better now
I know how this ends
But knowing don’t stop
The feeling from stepping in
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Chorus
It’s love and shadows
You and the truth
Half of me healing
Half stuck on you
I walk in the daylight
But you follow me through
In love and shadows
I still see you
Love and shadows
Love and shadows
Love and shadows
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Verse 2
I heard you found your way somehow
Or at least that’s what they say
I stopped asking questions
I stopped needing the pain
But there’s nights it all comes back
Like a song I can’t turn off
Every word, every moment
Every line we crossed
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Pre-Chorus
And I don’t want you back
Not the way you were
But I miss what I believed
Before it all burned
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Chorus
It’s love and shadows
You and the truth
Half of me stronger
Half tied to you
I built something better
But it still bleeds through
In love and shadows
I still see you
Love and shadows
Love and shadows
Love and shadows
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Bridge (soft, almost whispered)
You were never mine to keep
But you were never nothing
And I don’t say your name out loud
But it still means something
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Break (piano only, then vocal returns)
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Final Chorus (slightly lifted, emotional release)
It’s love and shadows
Fading but real
A scar that reminds me
Of how I can feel
And I won’t go back there
But I won’t undo
The love in the shadows
That still holds you
Love and shadows
Love and shadows
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Outro (very soft)
Not all love is meant to stay
Some just teaches… then fades away
Love and shadows
Love and shadows
Love and shadows
Love and shadows
TheMidnightRambler