[Intro – voz baja, casi susurro, con eco distante] Night don wrap me like black cloth wey no get seam... You enter my blood like rain enter cracked ground, But rain wey fall from Judas sky... Now the ground dey swallow itself. [Chorus] You be shadow wey dey chop shadow, Thief the light wey I borrow from moon, Turn am to knife wey dance inside vein. I no shout, I no bleed for market square, But inside me, river don turn to oil fire— Quiet burn, e go reach your root one day. You plant thorn for my palm, call am rose, Now the rose dey grow teeth... Wait small, e go bite back. [Verse 1] I open door wey lead to my marrow, You enter with smile like harmattan wind— Dry, sweet, promise rain wey never fall. You collect my yesterday, grind am to dust, Mix am with your own lie, serve am as bread. I chop am, thinking na communion, But na poison wey wear garment of brother. Now my bone dey sing funeral song in minor key, Every step na echo of your footsteps wey run away. [Pre-Chorus] How person go born sun, then curse the daylight? You be that kind eclipse— Block my shine, make night think say na im own time. But even eclipse dey pass... And when e pass, the sun no forgive, e just remember. [Chorus – variación más intensa] Shadow wey dey chop shadow, You drink my trust like palm wine from cracked calabash, Spill am for ground, call am libation to your god of gain. I dey watch from the other side of mirror wey don break, Your face now na thousand pieces, each one laugh different laugh. No rush, no noise, But the mirror dey gather itself again... And when e join, e go show you wetin you hide from yourself. [Verse 2] You be masquerade wey forget to remove mask after festival, Dance for my compound, collect kola, collect soul. I think say na Egungun wey come bless, But na your own ghost you send to collect debt wey I never owe. Now the ancestors dey whisper for my left ear: "Make e taste the ash wey e blow enter your eye." I no go curse with loud voice, My curse na silence wey grow like iroko tree— Root go enter your dream, branch go block your sky. [Bridge – más lento, casi hablado, con vocal chops como lamentos lejanos] Betrayal no be wound wey bleed red, Na wound wey bleed shadow. E follow you for night road, E wear your face, e call your name with your own voice. One day you go turn, See say the shadow wey dey follow you... Na the one wey you chop. And e go hungry still. [Outro – fade con log drum solo, como latidos que se alejan] You think say darkness na your friend... But darkness get memory. And memory na slow fire. E no shout... E just burn till nothing remain but ash wey wind go carry. Shadow wey chop shadow... Now wait... Wait... E don start to chop back.
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