“Long Dark Shadow” is a haunting exploration of the pasts we can’t outrun. It’s a raw, atmospheric journey into the weight of regret and the silhouettes that follow us into the light. This track digs deep into the soul of Struggleville, where the truth doesn’t bend and time doesn’t heal every wound.
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The Lyrics
The sun hits the asphalt and draws its jagged line
A silhouette of every sin I’ve tried to leave behind
I’ve tried to hide in the neon, where the light is blurred and thin
But the darkness in the corner knows exactly where I’ve been
Every mile that I’ve run. Every highway I’ve been on
It was right there with a loaded gun, waitin’ for the dawn.
They’re all just starin’ at the ghost they clearly see
That ragged, coal-stained shape walkin’ next to me
They don’t see the man I am, they see my yesterday
Like a debt that’s never paid, no matter what I pray
It follows me through every door. It don’t need to use a key.
Lays down heavy on the floor, starin’ back at me.
Oh, I got a long shadow, longer than my years
Fed by my regrets and watered by my fears
I can smile. I can laugh. I can try to play the part
But it stains the edges of my world and the corners of my heart
Yeah, the truth don’t bend and the time don’t change
It drags behind me like a ball and chain.
I tried to drown it. In every drink I’d take
But the shadow just gets longer with every step I take
It’s the lead singer in the choir of my own tragic story
It don’t speak… but it takes all the… GLORY.
Waitin’ at the finish, it’s seen the final page
Closing the curtains on the stage I never claimed
Storms don’t always pass… and the seas don’t always part
Some waves are only meant to tear the boat apart
You can patch the hull, you can bail the rain
But the ocean… the ocean always remembers your name.
Yeah, I got a long shadow, longer than my years
Fed by my regrets and watered by my fears
I can smile, I can laugh, I can try to play the part
But it stains the edges of my world and the corners of my heart
A man only loses his shadow when he’s six feet in the clay
And even then, who’s to say it ever walks away
Nowhere left to run.
Nowhere left to hide.
Yeah, it’s a long… dark… shadow.
And it’s mine.
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