The Sanctuary Of Shadows

Verse 1

I've learned to smile beneath the burning,

To hide the damage underneath my skin.

They see a man who never seems to falter,

But they don't know the war I'm living in.

The light keeps reaching for the places

I've spent a lifetime trying to conceal.

It tears apart the walls around me,

And exposes everything I cannot heal.

Pre-Chorus

So I disappear where the daylight dies,

Where nobody looks into my eyes.

I don't need saving, I need somewhere

I can fall apart without a soul to care.

Chorus

So let me disappear into the darkness,

Let me drown beneath its silent embrace.

It's the only place that doesn't hurt me,

The only place I don't have to fake.

While the light is slowly killing what's left of me,

The shadows let my broken pieces breathe.

You call it running, I call it surviving,

I'm not afraid of the dark...

I'm afraid of what the light is doing to me.

Verse 2

I wear my scars beneath the surface,

Like buried graves nobody ever sees.

I've stitched my wounds with empty promises,

And swallowed every scream inside of me.

I don't retreat because I'm weak,

I retreat because I'm tired of bleeding.

The world keeps asking me to open up,

But never asks what keeps me [Pre-Chorus]

So leave the door closed, let the silence stay,

I’ve had enough of pretending I’m okay.

Here in the shadows, I can finally feel

The parts of me the daylight couldn’t heal.

Chorus

So let me disappear into the darkness,

Let me drown beneath its silent embrace.

It's the only place that doesn't hurt me, Here in the shadows,

Chorus

So let me disappear into the darkness,

Let me drown It's the only place that doesn't The only place I don't have to fake.

light is slowly killing what's left of me,

The shadows let my broken pieces breathe.

You call it running, I call it surviving,

I'm not afraid of the dark...

I'm afraid of what the light is doing to me.

Bridge

Don't pull me out...

You don't know what waits been in the daylight,

While the shadows

You see a man who chose the darkness,

I see a man who couldn't stay.

I didn't lose myself in the shadows...

I lost myself trying to live another way.

Final Chorus

So let me disappear into the darkness!

Let me rest where the broken hearts can breathe!

If the light is what will finish me,

Then the shadows are where I need to be!

Let the world believe that I'm escaping,

Let them think I've thrown my life away.

They'll never understand the price of standing

In a light that burns my soul away.

Outro

Here, beneath the endless black,

I can finally face the scars I have.

No eyes to judge... no wounds to hide...

Just me, my ghosts, and the other side.

And for the first time in forever...

I don't have to pretend I'm alive.