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Ever try to set a boundary with someone but keep getting sucked back into the same drama? 

They say or do something, and you’re right back in it. Or, you start the same pattern all over again with someone else. “One lesson learned on repeat.” 

I wrote “Shadows” while I was discovering the power of walking away. Not winning, not getting the last word, not being right or the other person being wrong, not getting an apology, or the other person getting whatever it is I think they deserve. 

Just me finally being done. The win is being free of the pattern. 

Makes me feel like dancing. 
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Lyrics:

Well, aren't you tragic, baby 
Caught up in the magic of your
Half-hearted fantasies
You're living off the sympathy
When all you really wanted was
To take the place of God 
And everyone
You'd really rather be  
You're just a shadow

Well, isn't it madness
Your addiction to this sadness 
When you have the ability
But never do it differently
And all you ever talk about
Is how the world has sold you out
With everything
As far as you can see
Casting shadows 

Shadows
That daylight throws
That never let you go
That never let you go

It's a bad fucking habit
I bet you think you're cool to have it
And I don't know what you want from me 
I'm still not buying anything
And you can't give me my money back
You know I never wanted that  
'Cause everything
You beg and borrow and steal
Turns to shadows

So you can lie
You can try 
You can say how hard you cried
You can make your counterclaim
And you can say that I'm to blame 
I'm not playing anymore
It's just you keeping score
And you'll never win
You'll never win with me
So cast your shadows 

Shadows
That daylight throws
That never let you go
They'll never let you go
Shadows
They never let you go

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I don't speak in code anymore  
Guess I've learned that its best to be perfectly clear 
At least, I think it might spare me the pain of reliving this year 
Not that I haven't seen beautiful things, some that I needed to see. 
I just don't want my life to be one lesson learned on repeat 
Just like all of these songs that I sing, some I've been singing for years 
Just like some of the words that you said still ring in my ears 

You called me honest, said that makes me dangerous 
If that means you're safer further from the truth 
Then it's good to be nothing but honest to you 

All of the days of my life I've been searching for all of the truth I can find.  
Guess I finally learned that I find it when I've spoken mine 
I know I’ve lied like the best of them.  
Don't get me wrong. I’m not saying I'm clean  
I just can't live the counterfeit life that comes with the deceit  
I sort through all of the words that you said, some I just wanted to hear 
Still I can not bury the ones I believe were sincere 

You called me honest, said that makes me dangerous 
If that means you're safer further from the truth 
Then it's good to be nothing but honest to you 

In the absence of words 
Maybe you’re listening to some you haven’t heard 
Not in the same way before ‘cause everything got in the way 
The minute you walked through the door it was all leading up to the day 

You called me honest, said that makes me dangerous 
If that means you're safer further from the truth 
Then it's good to be nothing 
It’s good to be nothing but honest to you

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Not looking for fame and fortune, just sharing a few things I've written over the years.  If you like something, please feel free to say so!  Oh yeah, almost all of them can be downloaded, so take what you like for your collection.

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