Shadows and Light

**Titel: "Shadows and Light"**  
**Verse 1:**  
*Am*  
The clock ticks slow on a broken wall,  
*F*  
I trace the cracks where the rain gets in.  
*C*  
Your voice still echoes down the hall,  
*G*  
A ghost of love I can’t outrun.  
*F*  
I packed my dreams in a suitcase thin,  
*C*  
But every mile feels like going back.  
*G*  
The road’s a hymn I don’t know how to sing,  
*F*  
Just footsteps fading into black.  
**Pre-Chorus:**  
*C*  
Maybe the stars ain’t meant to guide,  
*G*  
Maybe the dawn’s just scared of night.  
*Am*  
But I’ll keep walking with this ache inside,  
*F*  
Till I find a flame to kill the fright.  
**Chorus:**  
*C*  
Oh, we’re all just shadows chasing light,  
*G*  
Burning slow, then fading out of sight.  
*Am*  
But if love’s a wound, then let it bleed,  
*F*  
‘Cause every scar is a song I need.  
*C*  
Yeah, we’re all just shadows… chasing light.  
**Verse 2:**  
*Am*  
The jukebox plays our old regrets,  
*F*  
A quarter’s worth of “what went wrong.”  
*C*  
You danced like fire, but I froze like debt,  
*G*  
Now winter’s here, and the summer’s gone.  
*F*  
I carved your name in a roadside tree,  
*C*  
But the bark grew thick, buried it deep.  
*G*  
Some hearts are maps of a stormy sea,  
*F*  
And mine’s a tide I can’t let sleep.  
**Pre-Chorus:**  
*C*  
Maybe the stars ain’t meant to guide,  
*G*  
Maybe the dawn’s just scared of night.  
*Am*  
But I’ll keep walking with this ache inside,  
*F*  
Till I find a flame to kill the fright.  
**Chorus:**  
*C*  
Oh, we’re all just shadows chasing light,  
*G*  
Burning slow, then fading out of sight.  
*Am*  
But if love’s a wound, then let it bleed,  
*F*  
‘Cause every scar is a song I need.  
*C*  
Yeah, we’re all just shadows… chasing light.  
**Bridge:**  
*Dm*  
The preacher said, “Boy, you’re born to lose,”  
*Am*  
But I’ve seen angels in old, worn shoes.  
*F*  
The devil grins from a neon sign,  
*C*  
Selling mercy for a dollar ninety-nine.  
*G*  
I’ll trade my sorrows for a rusty guitar,  
*F*  
Strum the pain ‘til it sounds like stars.  
**Chorus:**  
*C*  
Oh, we’re all just shadows chasing light,  
*G*  
Burning slow, then fading out of sight.  
*Am*  
But if love’s a wound, then let it bleed,  
*F*  
‘Cause every scar is a song I need.  
*C*  
Yeah, we’re all just shadows… chasing light.  
**Outro:**  
*Am*  
The clock ticks slow…  
*F*  
But the cracks let in the dawn.  
*C*  
And I’m still here…  
*G*  
Still singing your ghost along.  
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Folk Pop,Pop, SingerSongWriter