The Man Who Sold His Shadow

Title: The Man Who Sold His Shadow [Intro] [Instrumental: solo piano, mournful, harpsichord answers, strings enter, 8 bars] [Verse 1] He let it go The grey that lived below The shadow at his feet Slipped off, and left him incomplete [Verse 2] He held the light A colour burning bright And all the world went gold But oh, his heart went cold [Chorus] The man who sold his shadow Shines a little brighter now The man who sold his shadow Casts no dark behind — and he can't say how Or why the morning aches The man who sold his shadow [Instrumental: cello and harpsichord dialogue, 4 bars] [Verse 3] He walks the fair On colours bright as air But something at his side Is missing where it lied [Chorus] The man who sold his shadow Shines a little brighter now (brighter now...) The man who sold his shadow Casts no dark behind — and he can't say how (he can't say how...) Or why the morning aches (why does it ache...) The man who sold his shadow (The man who sold his shadow) [Bridge] Somewhere a shadow climbs a stair (climbs a stair...) And calls his name through the colourless air (calls his name...) Come back — come back — [Instrumental: strings surge, mellotron swells] [Verse 4] He turns away (turns away...) Toward the burning day He drinks it to the night And never mourns the light [Chorus: layered, strings full] The man who sold his shadow Shines a little brighter now (brighter now...) The man who sold his shadow Casts no dark behind — and he can't say how (what has he done...) Or why the evening breaks (and he'll pay...) The man who sold his shadow (sold it away...) [Outro] [Instrumental: piano and strings, descending, slowing] The man who sold his shadow... (climbs a stair... calls his name...) Casts no dark behind... [Mellotron holds, then fades]