The Gift of the Shadow

[Intro / Whisper] They hid from the dark, I stood and stared. The air was burning, but I wasn’t scared. [Verse 1] It came without name, like thunder under skin. I felt its hunger touch my bones, and something woke within. [Chorus] It said - take what you fear, make it yours, not theirs. You are the storm they ran from, the fire that never despairs. [Verse 2] Its breath became my breath, its sight became my eyes. I raised my hands - the world obeyed, gravity turned to lies. [Bridge] I lift the weak, I break the chains, I bend the wind, unlearn the pain. No cage, no prayer, no crown above - I am power, I am love. [Final Chorus] The gift of the shadow - it burns, it heals, it grows. From what was feared and hollow, a living light arose. [Outro / Whisper] So when they hide from darkness, let them be. I walk with it - and it walks with me.