[Intro: reversed guitar, whispered doubles] (me-me, not-me) [808 heartbeat] [Verse 1: melancholic melodic rap] My shadow walks a little out of time Takes the exits that I leave behind He kisses strangers, climbs forbidden hills Lives a thousand lives while I stand still (oh-oh, look at him go) [Pre-Chorus: layered ascending thirds] But when I turn to face the sun He fades until there's only one [Chorus: soaring emotional harmonies] Oh, my shadow has another life Every dream I couldn't fit in mine I love the hands that hold me here But envy everything that disappears (ah-ah-ah, somewhere else!) I wouldn't trade the love I've known So why can't I leave that ghost alone? [Drop: chopped vocal duet, 808 slides] (me-me, him-him) (stay-go, stay-go!) [Syncopated breakbeat] [Bridge: fragile falsetto] (He wants your life) I want his too (He envies you) Could that be true? Perhaps we're both convinced somehow The other knows a better now [Final Hook: octave harmonies] I chase the life he gets to live He chases everything I'd give (two lives, one light) [Outro: fading whisper] We both think the other won.
