[Rain] [Erhu] [LEAD] I used to think the dark Was where the danger stayed [SHADOW] You put me there [LEAD] So I kept every door shut Every feeling neatly caged [SHADOW] Still got in [LEAD] Funny thing about a shadow You can turn and walk away [SHADOW] I'll follow [LEAD] Yeah I know [Beat enters] [LEAD] I don't fear What the darkness shows [SHADOW] Then look at me [LEAD] I meet what's buried So the wisdom grows [SHADOW] You buried me [LEAD] No running No mask No borrowed face [SHADOW] Say my name [LEAD] If pain built the room Truth gets the keys To the place [Chorus] [LEAD] Shadow has a name [SHADOW] Say it [LEAD] Shadow has a face [SHADOW] See it [LEAD] Shadow ain't the enemy [SHADOW] Then why'd you hide me? [LEAD] Because I thought You were me [SHADOW] I'm part of you [LEAD] Not all of me [Erhu answers] [Rap] [LEAD] I carried old battles Like proof I survived [SHADOW] You liked the armor [LEAD] Kept feeding old stories Just to keep them alive [SHADOW] They kept you safe [LEAD] Safe ain't free [SHADOW] Free gets hurt [LEAD] Maybe But hiding hurts worse Sometimes what you protect Is the wound Not you [SHADOW] I protected you [LEAD] I know And I'm grateful But your job Is through [Low gong] [LEAD] I am not the wound [SHADOW] You remember it [LEAD] I am not rejection [SHADOW] You still feel it [LEAD] I am not the loss [SHADOW] Then what am I? [Silence] [LEAD] The part of me That learned What it cost [Erhu rises] [Bridge] [SHADOW] So you gonna kill me? [LEAD] No [SHADOW] Bury me again? [LEAD] No [SHADOW] Pretend you're all light now? [LEAD] Hell no [SHADOW] Then what? [LEAD] Walk with me [SHADOW] Where? [LEAD] Forward [SUB-BASS DROP] [Final Chorus] [LEAD] Shadow has a name [SHADOW] You know it [LEAD] Shadow has a face [SHADOW] You've seen it [LEAD] I honor the dark I welcome the light [SHADOW] Both are yours [LEAD] Every mirror shows me What I hid from sight [SHADOW] Keep looking [LEAD] You can walk beside me But you don't choose the road [SHADOW] Fair enough [LEAD] I carry the wisdom [SHADOW] Leave the weight [LEAD] I carry the lesson [SHADOW] Leave the chains [LEAD] I know your voice now [SHADOW] I know your name [LEAD] Good Then neither one of us Has to hide again [Rain] [Erhu] [SHADOW, distant] Keep walking [LEAD] I am.
