Shadows (Crying Out)

(Intro)
[Sound of a heavy door slamming shut. Footsteps echoing.]
(Spoken, shaky breath:)
I evicted you long ago.
So why are you still here?
​(Verse 1)
[Beat enters - Slow, dragging rhythm.]
My heart is crying out...
But yet no one seems to hear.
As I batter at the door, trying to get out
Of this mortal pain I'm in.
(Let me out...)
Pain in pleasure, but not getting anywhere.
My heart is still broken... my passion has left.
I continue to struggle to pick up the pieces
That were shattered when you left me.
(Shattered...)
​(Chorus)
[Music swells. Dark and moody.]
And all I am is ALONE.
Undeniably alone.
Looking at the empty space around me.
Can't go anywhere without the SHADOW OF MY PAST.
(It follows me...)
I thought I wiped a clean slate!
Yet my heart cries out... "Not enough."
(It's never enough...)
I'm living in the Shadows.
​(Verse 2)
[Beat continues. Lonely piano notes.]
I've sat many places alone.
Gotten glances, double looks.
(They look right through me...)
But yet I still feel the same.
The question of "Why?"
"Why me?"
"When is it my turn?"
But only One seems to hear...
And right now, He's quiet.
(So quiet...)
​(Bridge)
[Music builds to a desperate climax.]
Pain in pleasure!
Passion has left!
I'm battering at the door!
(Can anybody hear me?!)
Can anybody hear me?!
​(Outro)
[Music fades back to the echoing footsteps.]
The shadow of my past.
(Whisper:) Leave me alone.
(Song ends.)

Dark Cinematic Ballad, Haunting, Female Vocal, Cello, Echoing Drums, Gothic R&B, Ev@nescence Vibe (Ballad), Emotional