Shadowz

## [Verse 1]

Started with giggles, colors bright and new

But something's shifting, can't tell what's true

Thoughts accelerating, can't slow them down

Smiles turn to worry, joy starts to drown

The walls ain't just breathing, they're cl-cl-closing in tight

What was beautiful now fills me with fright

Time stretching forever, seconds like days

Lost in my mind's ever-darkening maze

*(Background vocals: "darkening maze... darkening maze...")*

## [Hook]

I-I-I just wanna come back, find my way h-home

*(Background vocals: "find your way back")*

Trapped in my head and I'm f-f-feeling alone

This wasn't the jou-journey I signed up to take

*(Background vocals: "not what I wanted")*

How m-many hours until I awake? ★

## [Verse 2]

My heartbeat's pounding through my chest like drums

Anxiety rising as the dar-darkness comes ★

Thought I knew myself until these depths I saw

Inner demons circling, teeth and claw

Friends' faces morphing, can't recognize who's who

Their words sound si-sinister, though I know that's not true

Paranoia whispering lies in my ear

"They're laughing at you," is all that I hear

*(Background vocals: "all in your head... all in your head...")*

## [Verse 3]

Can't escape the loo-loop of negative thought ★

Regretting decisions that can't be unfought

The ceiling is watching, ju-ju-judging my sins

As memory fragments spin like wind

I'm begging time to move fa-fa-faster somehow

Promising anything to end this right now

What was four hours feels like for-forty years ★

As I battle shadows and confront my fears

*(Background vocals: "shadows and fears... shadows and fears...")*

## [Bridge]

They say challenging trips can teach you the most

But right now I'm ha-ha-haunted by my personal ghosts

Desperately grounding, counting each breath

*(Background vocals: "just breathe... just breathe...")*

This psychological space feels like near-death

Hold on to s-something real, this will pass

Though eternity lives in each moment, alas

Remember the mantra: "Th-this isn't forever" ★

Through the storm of my mind, just hold it together

## [Hook]

I-I-I just wanna come back, find my way h-home

*(Background vocals: "find your way back")*

Trapped in my head and I'm fee-feeling alone

This wasn't the jou-journey I signed up to take ★

*(Background vocals: "not what I wanted")*

How m-many hours until I awake?

## [Outro]

The light's still there somewhere beyond the dark clouds

Though my thoughts keep sc-scr-screaming, intense and loud

Maybe tomorrow I'll make sense of tonight ★

But now I'm just fighting to see any light

*(Background vocals: "see the light... see the light...")*

Next time I'll respect the pow-power they hold

These teachers aren't gentle when lessons unfold

Through terror and beauty, the m-m-m-mushroom reveals ★

The shadows within that daylight conceals

*(Background vocals: "shadows within... shadows within...")*