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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I keep the curtains nailed down
Daylight feels like an x-ray
Every corner in the hallway
Knows my middle name
I hear my father in my heartbeat
Same crack in the same place
Like a password in the bloodstream
I can’t change
[Chorus]
I’m afraid of my own shadow
It follows when I stand still
Every step, every echo
Sounds like someone else’s will
If this is how the story goes
Running in the blood I borrow
I lock the door, I lock the windows
’Til the world can’t find my shadow
[Verse 2]
Friends keep calling through the blue glow
I let it ring out, face down
Talking feels like sharp glass
So I stay underground
Walls closing in so gentle
I almost call it home
Building padded little prisons
Out of skin and bone (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m afraid of my own shadow
It follows when I stand still
Every step, every echo
Sounds like someone else’s will
If this is how the story goes
Running in the blood I borrow
I lock the door, I lock the windows
’Til the world can’t find my shadow
[Bridge]
Is it written in the wiring
Or a choice I never make?
If I open up this bedroom
Will the darkness try to stay?
[Chorus]
I’m afraid of my own shadow
It follows when I stand still
Every breath, every echo
Sounds like someone else’s will
If this is how the story goes
Running in the blood I borrow
I lock the door, I lock the windows
’Til the world can’t find my shadow (my shadow)
Details
GeneratedApr 19, 2026
Duration3:37
LanguageEnglish
Style
Moody alt-pop with male vocals, sparse piano and distant tremolo guitar in the verses, subby bass and tight drums blooming in the chorus. First hook is intimate and close-mic’d; chorus opens with layered, slightly distorted harmonies and a low synth swell. Subtle reverse reverb and filtered delays underline the creeping, hereditary dread while keeping the vocal crystal clear and upfront., world
Credits
Prompt by
savinangel
savinangelModelAria v5.5
Prompt
About fearing my own shadow and dark placesand the sinking feeling of mental illness being inherited creeping in and closing the world out and becoming to afraid of the world so I lock myself in right
