The Shadows by Brandon Anderson

This dark it keeps on growing
Threw etched frames
And you'll just keep on going
While I play the game

They thought they'd fight the shadows
The shadows that I slew
But we can see the shadows
Deep inside of you

Now I don't know
I can't see
This trickery
Can it be
This mystery...

The things we hold
Are always first to go
And who’s to say
We won’t end up alone

Surrounded
By this trickery
This mystery…

The sun shines so bright
Burning everything all around
But even the sun will fade
When the day is done
Darker days seem to be
What will always live in me

Darkness falls
Yet the shadows still remain
All around us
Taunting us
And those around

How can we defeat
What we do not wish to know
What we repress
What we use
Everyday

The voices of the shadows call
They understand
They talk to us

The shadows
They watch our every move
Ascending into the skies
Diving into our souls
Finding no resistance
Knowing they can make a difference

We’ve been defeated and brought down
Dropped to our knees when hope ran out
On those skinned knees
We are bleeding

In a bitter place
And a broken dream
We’ll leave it all
Leave it all behind
I won’t look back I’ll fight to remain

These shadows
The demons inside
I will slay

Never to come back
Never to destroy
Never to manipulate
Never to haunt again…