The Shadow Isn’t Me

Verse 1

You showed up uninvited with that look in your eyes

Standing in the hallway, cutting through the white noise

Telling everybody that I took what was yours

But the cameras on the ceiling don't lie for nobody

You’re just spinning stories in an empty room

Trying to pin your shadows on the back of my coat

But I know what you wanted, I know what you came for

You were looking for a name to blame when you lost control

Pre-Chorus

My people told me, watch the hands that you shake

Don't you ever buy into the promises they make

Now you're checking my numbers, looking for a mistake

But I’m already gone, I’m too heavy to break

Yeah, I'm gone

Too heavy to break

Chorus

You’re just chasing a ghost in the crowd

Turning up the static, trying to scream out loud

No, I’m not the one who holds your key

And the shadow on the pavement isn't me

You’re just chasing a ghost in the crowd

Throwing my name where the lights burn out

No, I’m not the one you used to see

And the shadow on the pavement isn't me

Verse 2

Forty nights of calls that I left on read

Every little rumor that you put in my head

Then you brought a witness just to mess with my name

Saying that my handwriting’s all over the blame

But the ink doesn't match and the story is cheap

Go and tell your secrets to the people asleep

I won’t wear your guilt like a chain on my skin

You can knock on the door, but I’m not coming in

Pre-Chorus

My people told me, watch the hands that you shake

Don't you ever buy into the promises they make

Now you're checking my numbers, looking for a mistake

But I’m already gone, I’m too heavy to break

Yeah, I'm gone

Too heavy to break

Chorus

You’re just chasing a ghost in the crowd

Turning up the static, trying to scream out loud

No, I’m not the one who holds your key

And the shadow on the pavement isn't me

You’re just chasing a ghost in the crowd

Throwing my name where the lights burn out

No, I’m not the one you used to see

And the shadow on the pavement isn't me

Bridge

The speakers are shaking, the concrete is weak

But you’re running out of lies to speak

I hear your footsteps fade in the heat

But they don’t belong to me

Run through the noise

Run through the flame

Say what you want

But don’t say my name

Final Chorus

You’re just chasing a ghost in the crowd

Turning up the static, trying to scream out loud

No, I’m not the one who holds your key

And the shadow on the pavement isn't me

You’re just chasing a ghost in the crowd

Throwing my name where the lights burn out

No, I’m not the one you used to see

And the shadow on the pavement isn't me

Outro

Not me

Chasing a ghost

No, it’s not me