**Titel: "Shadows and Light"**
**Verse 1:**
*Am*
The clock ticks slow on a broken wall,
*F*
I trace the cracks where the rain gets in.
*C*
Your voice still echoes down the hall,
*G*
A ghost of love I can’t outrun.
*F*
I packed my dreams in a suitcase thin,
*C*
But every mile feels like going back.
*G*
The road’s a hymn I don’t know how to sing,
*F*
Just footsteps fading into black.
**Pre-Chorus:**
*C*
Maybe the stars ain’t meant to guide,
*G*
Maybe the dawn’s just scared of night.
*Am*
But I’ll keep walking with this ache inside,
*F*
Till I find a flame to kill the fright.
**Chorus:**
*C*
Oh, we’re all just shadows chasing light,
*G*
Burning slow, then fading out of sight.
*Am*
But if love’s a wound, then let it bleed,
*F*
‘Cause every scar is a song I need.
*C*
Yeah, we’re all just shadows… chasing light.
**Verse 2:**
*Am*
The jukebox plays our old regrets,
*F*
A quarter’s worth of “what went wrong.”
*C*
You danced like fire, but I froze like debt,
*G*
Now winter’s here, and the summer’s gone.
*F*
I carved your name in a roadside tree,
*C*
But the bark grew thick, buried it deep.
*G*
Some hearts are maps of a stormy sea,
*F*
And mine’s a tide I can’t let sleep.
**Pre-Chorus:**
*C*
Maybe the stars ain’t meant to guide,
*G*
Maybe the dawn’s just scared of night.
*Am*
But I’ll keep walking with this ache inside,
*F*
Till I find a flame to kill the fright.
**Chorus:**
*C*
Oh, we’re all just shadows chasing light,
*G*
Burning slow, then fading out of sight.
*Am*
But if love’s a wound, then let it bleed,
*F*
‘Cause every scar is a song I need.
*C*
Yeah, we’re all just shadows… chasing light.
**Bridge:**
*Dm*
The preacher said, “Boy, you’re born to lose,”
*Am*
But I’ve seen angels in old, worn shoes.
*F*
The devil grins from a neon sign,
*C*
Selling mercy for a dollar ninety-nine.
*G*
I’ll trade my sorrows for a rusty guitar,
*F*
Strum the pain ‘til it sounds like stars.
**Chorus:**
*C*
Oh, we’re all just shadows chasing light,
*G*
Burning slow, then fading out of sight.
*Am*
But if love’s a wound, then let it bleed,
*F*
‘Cause every scar is a song I need.
*C*
Yeah, we’re all just shadows… chasing light.
**Outro:**
*Am*
The clock ticks slow…
*F*
But the cracks let in the dawn.
*C*
And I’m still here…
*G*
Still singing your ghost along.
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holgero024
