[Verse 1] I came in through the side door Where the red light bends The bass was speaking softly Like an old forbidden friend Then I saw her by the speaker With a braid down her back Nineteen with a folk song And a suitcase never packed She looked at me like, “Where did you go?” I looked away too fast But the room began to glitter With the women from my past [Pre-Chorus] One wore velvet, one wore white One was crying in the mirror One was leaving foreign lands I was afraid to touch them But the music moved between us And the years began to cross [Chorus] I’m dancing with my shadows Turning with the girls I used to be I ran from them for so long Now they’re moving next to me I’m dancing with my shadows Every ghost has got a beat I don’t have to leave them behind To feel the floor beneath my feet [Post-Chorus] Step into the light Step into the dark Every old wound Has a little spark I’m dancing with my shadows And they’re dancing back to me [Verse 2] The disco queen was laughing With fire in her hair She said, “You wore my hunger But pretended not to care” The woman in the black coat Had a knife behind her smile She said, “I held the silence So you could sing in style” Then the mother by the window Touched my face and whispered “You were tired, but you did your best” [Pre-Chorus] One left home, one came back One became a golden statue One broke open from the fame I was afraid to love them But the rhythm turned the handle And they opened every door [Chorus] I’m dancing with my shadows Turning with the girls I used to be I ran from them for so long Now they’re moving next to me I’m dancing with my shadows Every ghost has got a beat I don’t have to leave them behind To feel the floor beneath my feet [Post-Chorus] Step into the light Step into the dark Every old wound Has a little spark I’m dancing with my shadows And they’re dancing back to me [Bridge] I thought healing was forgetting I thought grace was letting go But they were never gone They were waiting in the song So I take the folk girl’s fingers And the diva takes my waist The saint, the sinner, the daughter, the queen All turn inside the same machine [Dance Break] Braids and sequins Red lips, bare feet Gold and velvet Every shadow Knows my name [Final Chorus] I’m dancing with my shadows Turning with the girls I used to be I ran from them for so long Now they’re moving next to me I’m dancing with my shadows Every ghost has got a beat I don’t have to leave them behind To feel the floor beneath my feet [Final Post-Chorus] Step into the light Step into the dark Every old wound Has a little spark I’m dancing with my shadows And they’re dancing back to me [Outro] When the lights come up tomorrow They will still be in my skin I’m dancing with my shadows I’m dancing with my shadows And they look like me again.
