[INTRO — WHISPER / CLOSE] Who walks when I walk? Shadow Man… Who talks when I don’t? Shadow Man… [VERSE 1] I searched through every corner Of the man I thought I knew, Pulled apart the pieces, Just to see which ones were true. I stripped away the armour, Every mask and every plan, Looking for an answer, Found the Shadow Man. He moves when I move, He stands when I stand, Never says a word, Still he knows who I am. Every hidden question, Every truth I never planned, Somewhere in the silence Lives the Shadow Man. [PRE-CHORUS] I broke myself to understand The shape beneath the skin, Then something in the darkness said, “You know where I begin.” [CHORUS] Shadow Man, walk with me, Tell me what I cannot see. Every truth I pushed away, You’ve been carrying every day. Shadow Man, take my hand, You know things I understand Only when the lights go low And there’s nowhere left to go. You don’t haunt me, You don’t pretend, You’re the truth beneath my skin. And maybe company’s a friend I simply haven’t met yet. [VERSE 2] I counted every fault line, Every fracture, every seam, Every version of myself I carried like a dream. I questioned every instinct, Every place my thoughts would land, And standing in the middle Was the Shadow Man. He knows what I hide, He knows what I fear, Knows every little truth I don’t want anybody near. He doesn’t need forgiving, Doesn’t need to understand, He simply holds the mirror— That’s the Shadow Man. [PRE-CHORUS] I searched for some conclusion, Some reason, some command, But every road inside me Led back to the Shadow Man. [CHORUS] Shadow Man, walk with me, Tell me what I cannot see. Every truth I pushed away, You’ve been carrying every day. Shadow Man, take my hand, You know things I understand Only when the lights go low And there’s nowhere left to go. You don’t haunt me, You don’t pretend, You’re the truth beneath my skin. And maybe company’s a friend I simply haven’t met yet. [BRIDGE — STRIPPED / SHADOW VOICE ENTERS] [LEAD] I thought you were the darkness. [SHADOW] I was what you wouldn’t see. [LEAD] I thought you were the silence. [SHADOW] I was everything in me. [LEAD] I thought I walked alone. [SHADOW] I’ve walked every road you ran. [TOGETHER] You were never just my shadow… You were part of who I am. [BUILD] Who knows me? [BV] Shadow Man… Who sees me? [BV] Shadow Man… Who speaks when I won’t? [BV] Shadow Man… Who tells me the truth? [BV] Shadow Man… [FINAL CHORUS] Shadow Man, walk with me, Now I know what you can see. Every truth I locked away, You kept breathing anyway. Shadow Man, take my hand, You’re the part I understand When I stop pretending I Can leave myself behind. You don’t haunt me, You don’t pretend, You’re the truth beneath my skin. And somewhere there’s a stranger Who may one day call me friend. Shadow Man, walk with me, Past the things I cannot see. I don’t need to know the end, I don’t need to understand. If tomorrow brings somebody, They can meet me as I am. Until then I keep on walking With the Shadow Man. [OUTRO — ALMOST SPOKEN] Who walks when I walk? [SHADOW] I do. Who knows who I am? [SHADOW] I do. Who are you? [pause] [SHADOW] You. [whisper] Shadow Man.
