Verse 1
Darkness walking beside me
Step for step in the rain
Doesn’t speak unless I’m silent
Then it whispers my name
It don’t scream, it don’t fight
Just breathes down my neck
Reminds me of every mistake
I ain’t outrun yet
It knows my weak angles
Knows where I bend
Not a lover, not a saviour
And definitely not a friend
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Pre-Chorus
It’s not here to break me
Not here to defend
It just keeps on walking
To the very end
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Chorus
Darkness walking beside me
Shadow glued to my feet
It don’t clap when I’m winning
Don’t cry when I’m beat
It don’t leave in the morning
Doesn’t fade with the light
It just follows my breathing
Through the day and the night
Not my enemy
Not my friend
Just the weight
I carry within
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Verse 2
It rides in the ute when I’m driving
Sits quiet in the passenger seat
Watches the road ahead of me
Never says I’m complete
It shows up in boardrooms
And 3am floors
Stands in the doorway
When I’m locking the doors
It don’t need a reason
It don’t need a plan
It just waits for the moment
I doubt who I am
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Bridge (soft, reflective)
But here’s what it never learned…
I don’t fold easy
I don’t drown quick
I’ve built my spine
Out of pressure and brick
You can walk with me
You can stay close
But you don’t own my heartbeat
You don’t run this post
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Final Chorus (bigger)
Darkness walking beside me
Still I rise every day
You can linger in silence
But I won’t drift your way
You can breathe down my shoulder
You can test what I send
But you’ll never be family
You’ll never be friend
Just a shadow
Beside me
Till the end
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