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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