Shadow of Hate

Shadow of hate… (yeah)

There was a Shadow in the way it took the room

Never needed noise, just control of the mood

Every space felt smaller when it stepped inside

Like the air got heavy and the calm got denied

Every word came careful, every move felt planned

Like everything around had to fit its hand

And I saw how it worked, how it bent what was real

Not loud, just a pressure you couldn’t reveal

It was never about peace, it was power instead (yeah)

Every calm conversation turned heavy in my head

Till the room felt too tight, like it folded in on

Every breath in the space started feeling all wrong

And I stayed long enough just to see what it was

How the Shadow kept moving through everything once

Same cycle repeating in different disguise

Same control underneath every calm in the eyes

Shadow of hate… it stays in my mind (yeah…)

Replaying the moments I can’t leave behind (ooh…)

I don’t fight it no more, I just let it exist (nah…)

It be living in silence where the calm turns twist

Shadow of hate… when the night goes low (yeah…)

It be pulling me back to the things I know (uh…)

Every piece of the past that I try to escape (yeah…)

Still lingers inside in the shape of the Shadow it made

It started real quiet, just a shift in the tone (yeah)

Like the energy changed when I wasn’t alone

Every boundary I had started fading with time (uh)

Till I couldn’t tell yours apart from mine

Every silence was heavy, every look had a weight (yeah)

Every calm situation had a twist in fate

And I noticed too late but I noticed too clear (ooh)

How the Shadow can live without ever being near

Same pattern repeating in a broken disguise (nah)

Same pressure still hiding in plain sight eyes

And I stopped tryna fix what was already set (yeah)

Just watched how it moved and I don’t forget (uh)

Shadow of hate… it stays in my mind (yeah…)

Replaying the moments I can’t leave behind (ooh…)

I don’t fight it no more, I just let it exist (nah…)

It be living in silence where the calm turns twist

Shadow of hate… when the night goes low (yeah…)

It be pulling me back to the things I know (uh…)

Every piece of the past that I try to escape (yeah…)

Still lingers inside in the shape that it made

Yeah… (yeah)

Now I can see it for what it really is

Still shows up in pieces, it never quits

Not gone, just quieter when I don’t look

Still writing its lines like it never got shook

Every moment I thought I had finally stepped out

Still feels like it follows when the lights go out

It don’t disappear, it just learns how to hide

In the edges of thought, in the back of my mind

And I don’t call it peace, I don’t call it done (nah)

It’s still in the distance when the day is gone

Just a Shadow that lingers without making sound

But I know it’s still there when nobody’s around

I don’t try to erase it, I don’t play pretend (uh)

It’s a presence that circles again and again

Not something I beat, not something I escaped

Just something that stays in a different shape

Yeah… (yeah)

It don’t feel like it ends, it just loses control

Still echoes sometimes, but it don’t take hold

Not in front of my face, not inside my way

Just a shadow that fades when I look away

I don’t call it my burden, I don’t call it mine (nah)

It don’t walk with my steps, it don’t cross my line

It can stay in the past where it doesn’t belong

While I move through the silence and keep going on

And I stopped tryna fight what I already see (uh)

It’s just something that happened, not part of me

No more pulling me back, no more keeping me stuck

Just a chapter I closed when I finally woke up

Now I’m out of that space, and I know what it means

To leave behind something that broke at the seams

And the Shadow still fades, but it don’t define

Where I’m going from here… this life is mine