The Shadow at the Door

I was born in a scream, in a room of white
A shadow slipped in with the fading light
It didn't smile, it didn't cry
Just waited there, while I learned to lie

And it's a long, strange trip to the end of the line
Where the poison river meets the wine
Don't you run, don't you hide
It's been walking by your side
Since the day you opened your eyes
The shadow never dies

Grew up fast in a fever dream
Chased the ghost of a lover's scream
The shadow walked where my footsteps fell
In every heaven, in every hell

And it's a long, strange trip to the end of the line
Where the poison river meets the wine
Don't you run, don't you hide
It's been walking by your side
Since the day you opened your eyes
The shadow never dies

Now the mirror shows a stranger's face
Lines of time I can't erase
The shadow's hand is on my chest
And it's time to take the final test

And it's a long, strange trip to the end of the line
Where the poison river meets the wine
Don't you run, don't you hide
It's been walking by your side
Since the day you opened your eyes
The shadow never dies

The end is not a stranger...
It's an old, old friend...
The end...
Is just the end...