Verse 1 I’m the first one in, the last to leave Check every note twice before I let you hear me breathe I smile when you ask me, say I’m fine But I’ve rewritten the same four bars a thousand times
I carry something heavy in the way I hold this space Like I’m one wrong note away from losing the whole place I don’t talk about it, never let it show But silence has a sound and now you know
Pre-Chorus I’m running from a version of myself That only lives inside my head Reaching for a ceiling no one else can see Haunted by shadows, can’t break free
Chorus I’m chasing shadows, chasing shadows Ghosts of everything I thought I’d never be Chasing shadows, chasing shadows Fighting wars with enemies nobody else can see The light is right behind me But I keep on looking down Chasing shadows On solid ground
Verse 2 I heard myself one night through the studio wall Playing something beautiful then stopping mid-fall Like I don’t trust the thing that lives inside my hands The best of me keeps waiting for permission to begin
I’ll lift the whole room up without a word But ask me if I’m good enough and watch me disappear I think I know the answer I think I’ve always known I’m just afraid of what comes after yes
Pre-Chorus Running from a version of myself That only lives inside my head Reaching for a ceiling no one else can see Haunted by the things I’ve never said
Chorus I’m chasing shadows, chasing shadows Running circles in the dark inside of me Chasing shadows, chasing shadows Every doubt just pulls me deeper underneath I can feel it trying to find me Like a voice I can’t outrun Chasing shadows Till the damage is undone
Bridge I know what they see When I play and forget to doubt myself The room goes quiet, everybody leans in That’s not nothing That’s everything
And maybe that’s enough Maybe I’m enough
[Full band] [Build up]
[Outro] Done chasing shadows, chasing shadows The ghost was never half the person I am No more shadows, no more shadows I was never as behind as I thought I was The light was always with me I just kept on looking down No more shadows I’m on solid ground
The light was always with me No more shadows I’m on solid ground - No more shadows [Big Finish]