Shadow I Can’t Break

I see it crawling in your veins again

A quiet war you never let me in

Your eyes go dim but you’re still breathing slow

A fading light I’m scared to let go

I crack a joke, try to pull you near

But silence answers everything I fear

You drift away while I’m reaching through

A ghost beside me that I can’t lose

I’d take the weight, I’d wear your pain

If love was enough to break these chains

But I can’t fight what lives inside you

Can’t tear the dark out when it blinds you

I scream your name into the void

But I’m just noise

I’d give my soul just to rewrite you

Take every scar and make it mine too

But all I am is standing here

While you disappear

There’s nights I watch to make sure you breathe

Counting seconds like they’re all I need

Every shadow whispers something wrong

And I’m not sure how to keep you strong

I carry hope like a loaded gun

But every shot just comes undone

I try to shine, I try to stay

But your storm pulls me away

I’d burn myself to light your way

But flames don’t reach where you decay

And I can’t fight what lives inside you

Can’t tear the dark out when it blinds you

I scream your name into the void

But I’m just noise

I’d give my soul just to rewrite you

Take every scar and make it mine too

But all I am is standing here

While you disappear

If I could bleed it out of you

I’d drain myself till you were new

If I could break what breaks your mind

I’d leave what’s left of me behind

But this war isn’t mine to win

I’m just the arms you fall within

Don’t fade

Don’t slip away from me

I’m here

Even when you can’t see

I won’t leave when the dark surrounds you

Even when I know I can’t save you

I’ll be the voice you can’t destroy

Through the noise

I can’t fix what lives inside you

But I’ll stand here beside you

Till the light finds you again

I’ll be there in the end