Song Title: Shadows That Follow (Verse 1 – soft, haunting melody, minor keys, slow build) It’s been following me since I was small Creeping in the corners, never making a sound at all Feeding off a child in the dead of night Why would something evil hold on so tight? I tried to run, I screamed, I cried But it stayed right there by my side While the whole world scattered and ran away This shadow whispered, “I’m here to stay…” (Pre-Chorus – building tension) It calls this love in the language of pain Never abandons, breaks me again and again All alone for so many years Chasing my footsteps, drowning my tears (Chorus – powerful, anthemic, raw emotion) The shadows that follow… it’s the past of you It’s your test you must face A moment in life that’s either Fight! Or fade… The shadows that follow… won’t let me go It’s the weight that I carry, the scars that I know Fight! Or fade… Fight! Or fade… (Verse 2 – darker, faster rhythm) Why would a monster show me love this way? Wrapped around my throat, every single day It knows my secrets, it remembers the fear The little kid hiding, still hiding right here Everyone else ran, left me in the dust But this darkness stayed, earned my broken trust It feeds where the light refused to shine On the wounds that were carved when the world wasn’t kind (Pre-Chorus) It calls this love in the language of pain Never abandons, breaks me again and again All alone for so many years Now I see the shadow… was always my tears (Chorus – louder, with backing vocals) The shadows that follow… it’s the past of you It’s your test you must face A moment in life that’s either Fight! Or fade… The shadows that follow… won’t let me go It’s the weight that I carry, the scars that I know Fight! Or fade… Fight! Or fade… (Bridge – spoken/sung quietly, then exploding) I stopped running today… turned around and stared Looked it dead in the eyes, the pain that I bared “You’re not my enemy, you’re what’s left of me The kid who survived… now set me free.” (Final Chorus – triumphant, resolved, soaring) The shadows that follow… I face them now They’re the past of me, I’m learning how No more fade… I choose to FIGHT! Turn the darkness into light… into light… (Outro – fading echoes) The shadows that follow… They’re part of me… I’m still here… I won’t fade… I won’t fade…
