Shadow Songs - is a lament and a reckoning. It tells the story of a world so saturated in distraction, violence, and digital detachment that we no longer recognise darkness when it rises. Children die on screens, injustice scrolls past in silence, and the truth is buried beneath comfort and convenience. The song follows a narrator who refuses to look away, who hears the hum beneath the headlines, the quiet song of suffering we’ve all learned to ignore. Through bluesy cadence and prophetic rhythm, the track warns of the cost of collective silence and the weight of complicity. The darkness doesn't scream, it sings. And it sings in our name.

Shadow Song

Second Time Around
© 2025 Geoff French

[Verse 1]
I thought the door was closed for good
Locked it tight like I knew I should
But the air changed when you came near
Was it hope or just the fear

[Prechorus]
Of trying again
Of losing again

[Chorus]
But it’s the second time around
We’re rising from the ground
No map no plan just this sound
Second time around

[Verse 2]
The walls I built were paper thin
Kept the storm out but kept me in
I see your face through the cracks I made
Do I hold on or let it fade

[Prechorus]
You reach for me
I start to see

[Chorus]
It’s the second time around
We’re rising from the ground
No map no plan just this sound
Second time around

Second Time Around

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