Shadow showed up on a Tuesday
Didn't knock just sat on my floor
Said"I'm not here to hurt you honey
I've been with you long before the war"
I asked him what he wanted
He laughed and poured the tea
Said"I'm just the part you're scared of
But you can't get rid of me"
Oh shadow knows the way you walk
Knows the way you talk when nobody's there
He doesn't mean to be a ghost
He just follows 'cause he cares
So don't you turn the light on
Don't you try to run
Shadow's not the enemy
He's the quiet you've been hiding from
Some nights I catch him dancing
On the wall behind my bed
He moves like my old memory
Of someone I thought I'd fled
I said"why do you stay so silent"
He said"words just make it worse
You don't need me to be louder
You need me to be your first"
Oh shadow knows the way you cry
Knows the lie you tell yourself at noon
He doesn't fix a single thing
But he stays inside the room
So don't you pull the curtain
Don't you beg the sun
Shadow's not a punishment
He's the proof you haven't come undone
spoken-sung like a secret)
One day I tried to lose him
Took a walk with no streetlights
But he was there in every puddle
And in every car's low lights
He whispered"give it up now
You and me are not a fight
I'm the part that keeps remembering
When you're trying to forget the night"
Oh shadow knows the way you love
Knows the shove you give your own good heart
He doesn't ask to hold your hand
He just never falls apart
So don't you curse the darkness
Don't you need a sign
Shadow's not your trouble friend
Shadow's just your slow slow time
…yeah He showed up on a Tuesday
And he never left