Track · Apr 19, 2026 · English

Afraid Of My Own Shadow

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3:04

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I keep the curtains nailed down

Daylight feels like an x-ray

Every corner in the hallway

Knows my middle name

I hear my father in my heartbeat

Same crack in the same place

Like a password in the bloodstream

I can’t change

[Chorus]

I’m afraid of my own shadow

It follows when I stand still

Every step, every echo

Sounds like someone else’s will

If this is how the story goes

Running in the blood I borrow

I lock the door, I lock the windows

’Til the world can’t find my shadow

[Verse 2]

Friends keep calling through the blue glow

I let it ring out, face down

Talking feels like sharp glass

So I stay underground

Walls closing in so gentle

I almost call it home

Building padded little prisons

Out of skin and bone (yeah)

[Chorus]

I’m afraid of my own shadow

It follows when I stand still

Every step, every echo

Sounds like someone else’s will

If this is how the story goes

Running in the blood I borrow

I lock the door, I lock the windows

’Til the world can’t find my shadow

[Bridge]

Is it written in the wiring

Or a choice I never make?

If I open up this bedroom

Will the darkness try to stay?

[Chorus]

I’m afraid of my own shadow

It follows when I stand still

Every breath, every echo

Sounds like someone else’s will

If this is how the story goes

Running in the blood I borrow

I lock the door, I lock the windows

’Til the world can’t find my shadow (my shadow)

Style

moody alt-pop with male vocalssparse piano and distant tremolo guitar in the versessubby bass and tight drums blooming in the chorus. first hook is intimate and close-mic’d; chorus opens with layeredslightly distorted harmonies and a low synth swell. subtle reverse reverb and filtered delays underline the creepinghereditary dread while keeping the vocal crystal clear and upfront.worldenglish

Prompt

About fearing my own shadow and dark placesand the sinking feeling of mental illness being inherited creeping in and closing the world out and becoming to afraid of the world so I lock myself in right

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GeneratedApr 19, 2026

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