Running Back to Shadows

“Running Back to Shadows”

(Verse 1)
I want to run away —
From myself, from the mirror’s gaze.
But every road, each twisting lane,
Leads me back the same old way.

(Pre-Chorus)
I try to flee illusions, dreams,
But they chase me endlessly.
Even though they make me sick —
They feel like home to me.

(Chorus)
‘Cause I’m running, always running,
Into arms of make-believe.
I keep wasting — all my power,
All my soul, my energy.

All my feelings, all my thoughts,
All the meaning I’ve once sought,
I spend it all, yet never flee —
From the ghost that lives in me.

(Verse 2)
I remember yesterday —
It hurts, and yet it glows.
Maybe I have fallen low,
Lower than the heart allows.

The things that once repelled my eyes,
Now seem strangely sweet, divine.
Pain and beauty intertwine —
Twisted thread of what was mine.

(Bridge)
I recall the places gone,
Dreams that never will come true.
Whispered echoes call me back —
And I smile, though I’m subdued.

I cry in silence for the past,
For time I’ll never find again.
And all these tears and all this pain —
Mean nothing in this plain.

(Chorus)
I’m still running, always running,
Into arms of make-believe.
Spent my spirit, lost my shining,
Dropped my innocence and peace.

Lost my self, but found release —
In the dark, I find some grace.
It’s awful... yet somehow,
Beautiful to face.

(Outro)
Maybe I have fallen far —
But still, I want to fall some more.
Into depths that feel like home,
Where silence burns, and shadows soar.

In paradox and gentle pain,
I lose myself, again, again.
And all I whisper to the night —
“I just don’t understand…”