Shadowing

[Verse 1] Between the breath and the falling, Where the light starts to fray, There’s a hallway made of nothing, Where the real dark learns your name. It whispers all your failures, Feeds on every fear you hide, This is the place they call Shadowing, The threshold where dreamers die. [Pre-Chorus] No stars, no ground, no mercy, Just the weight of what you are, You feel it crawling through your veins, The closer you get to the far. [Chorus] Shadowing… Shadowing… The black between the dreams, You have to walk this nothing, Or you’ll never wake again. Shadowing… Shadowing… It knows the truth in you, Face the void or be consumed, There’s no other way through. [Verse 2] Twisted shapes with familiar faces, Screaming things you never said, Memories like broken mirrors, Cutting deeper in your head. The air is thick with every regret, Every lie you ever told, This place devours the weak ones, And leaves their bodies cold. [Pre-Chorus] You feel it breathing down your neck, Cold fingers in your mind, One wrong step inside the black, And you’ll be lost for all time. [Chorus] Shadowing… Shadowing… The black between the dreams, You have to walk this nothing, Or you’ll never wake again. Shadowing… Shadowing… It knows the truth in you, Face the void or be consumed, There’s no other way through. [Bridge – Spoken/sung low, building] This is where the soul is tested… This is where the weak are broken… Only the ones who stare into the dark, Are ever truly woken… [Heavy Atmospheric Break / Instrumental] (Slow crushing riffs, tribal percussion, layered distorted vocals, rising tension) [Final Chorus – Bigger, more desperate] Shadowing… Shadowing… I feel it closing in, I walk straight through the horror, To reach the light again. Shadowing… Shadowing… I will not break, I will not bend, I face the truest darkness… So I can wake again. [Outro] Don’t look back… Keep walking… Through the Shadowing… Or never wake.