(Verse 1) Born ’98, but my childhood was a war, bullies in the hallways, every day a scar. Laughed at, pointed at, I was always alone, trapped in the shadows, no one to call home. At fourteen, a video spread like wildfire, a thousand eyes judged me, nothing could inspire. No hiding, no escape, every break a trap, I was just a shadow, fading in the gap. Then my heart caught fire, burning deep inside, heart muscle failing fast, I barely survived. Black silence, near-death, light so far away, between life and the grave, I almost went astray. Open-heart surgery, scar across my chest, but the deepest wound was the one I couldn’t rest. At seventeen my father died, the house left bare, I was both child and man, drowning in despair. (Hook) Between heartstop and shadows I stand here, scars in my soul, but I keep moving, clear. So many times I wanted to fall, searching in the darkness for light at all. (Verse 2) At twenty I was father, but alone in the fight, diapers, work, empty nights without light. The woman I loved, I fell to my knees, on a yacht at Lake Constance, thought love was a breeze. A month later, everything burned to ash, she left for another, left me in a crash. I wanted to die, standing at night’s edge, lost my son, my life, my soul on a ledge. A year later, she came back with empty vows, I let her in, my heart stirred somehow. But she grew distant, used me piece by piece, calls it love, calls it joy – I call it deceit. My life – work, kids, duty without feeling, no love in the house, just emptiness revealing. (Hook) Between heartstop and shadows I stand here, no warmth in the house, just fear and tear. So many times I wanted to break, searching in the darkness for the light I can’t take. (Verse 3 – The Girl, My Light) Then she appeared – a girl from a new place, eyes so clear, she knows my pain and my space. Secret messages, kisses in the night, with her my heart feels alive, finally right. Near her, the sun shines just for me, but when she leaves, it’s cold, nothing I can see. Her boyfriend found out, said: “No more contact,” but she says, “I need you” – and I trust that fact. Maybe it ends in pain, maybe it’s light, but with her, the darkness won’t win the fight. Between heartstop and shadows I stand here, so many times I was dead – now I live with her near.

Edm