Shadow

I put my hands on your shoulders, I let you yell my name
I let you judge me bluntly, and without an ounce of shame
I let you bring my world down, I let you scale the fence
But I always kept the hurt in, and countered my defense
Perhaps you've gone too far on your own?
"We're all just Shakespeares talking to five year olds."
Perhaps I've made you feel too alone?
Simply swallow your pride, we're both going home.

Shimmerin' crimson would fall from my side
More obvious than death by cyanide
Tryin' to figure out just who had lied
Oh god, not again, let us all fall.
Shimmerin' crimson would fall from my lip
Soon taken away by her fingertip
Call me again, because I just might slip
Oh god, not again, let us all fall.

I called you my shadow, the darkness I've kept away
But so close to my being, I just had to let you stay
I couldn't be the one, to turn the mirror to the wall
Oh god, not again, let us all fall.
The world is sleeping, but I'm the outcast insomniac
Because a decision had to be made at the crossroads
I'm tracing my seclusion, to the social skills I lack
I know the man that I once knew is never coming back.

Shimmerin' silver would fall from my eyes
Purer than tap water filtered with lies
So this is the anger patience denies?
My hell, filled to brim; saturate
Shimmerin' silver would fall from my chest
Soothing the hurt screams, of your savage breast
I've never done anything, but my best
My hell, filled to brim; saturate

You are my shadow, my specter gone primal
You are my brother, my killer, my rival
You still are the light in an abstract painting
You are the smelling salts halting my fainting

She's a lone-wandering soul filled with a beauty so strange
With a mind that moves too fast, and a heart afraid of change
She's a pale flower petal on the lake of my mind
The angel-hearted realist we never thought we'd find
Stop. Every mention reveals macabre intention
Fogging up your conscious mind like a thousand wintry colds
The golden spotlights abound due to hopeful contention
While a blacklight soon unveils, the bitter dissension

Shimmerin' gold would depart from the sun
Lifting the eyelids of those overrun
Only then scattered by smoldering gun
The angel-hearted realist we never thought we'd find
Shimmerin' gold would depart like a kiss
Scintillating flakes filled with carefree bliss
Please tell me that life is worth more than this
The angel-hearted realist we never thought we'd find

You are my shadow, my specter gone primal
You are my brother, my killer, my rival
You still are the light in an abstract painting
You are the smelling salts halting my fainting

Shimmerin'