"Shadow at the Keys"

[Verse 1]
I sit alone when the house falls quiet,
Fingers on ivory, chasing what’s private.
But tonight the keys feel heavier somehow,
And my shadow stretches longer than allowed.
[Pre-Chorus]
It doesn’t move like mine anymore,
It waits for the chord, then opens the door.
[Chorus]
My shadow plays the warning I won’t hear,
Future me whispering through every tear.
Every wrong note is a life I could lose,
Every right one a path I still choose.
Shadow at the keys — don’t let me forget,
Play it louder… before the regret.
[Verse 2]
It lingers on black keys, avoids the white,
Tells stories of mornings I lost in the night.
The tempo stutters like a heart out of time,
It’s begging me softly: “This ending’s not mine.”
[Pre-Chorus]
No voice, only echoes in resonance deep,
A ghost made of music that refuses to sleep.
[Chorus]
My shadow plays the warning I won’t hear,
Future me whispering through every tear.
Every wrong note is a life I could lose,
Every right one a path I still choose.
Shadow at the keys — don’t let me forget,
Play it louder… before the regret.
[Bridge]
Then the shadow reaches, touches my hand,
Cold like tomorrow, warm like contraband.
For one perfect measure we play as one,
Two versions colliding before it’s done.
And in that instant the future rewinds —
I see every fork, every road left behind.
[Final Chorus – explosive]
My shadow screams the warning I finally hear,
Future me roaring through joy and through fear.
No more wrong notes, no more life to lose,
We choose the right path — together we choose!
Shadow at the keys — you saved me tonight,
We play forever… into the light.
[Outro]
One last chord…
Echoes fade…
Shadow and I…
Become the same.

Tempo 84 BPM, La mineur. Intro piano solitaire + écho ombre. Couplets : voix grave + touches décalées. Pré-refrain