Meet My Shadow

[Verse 1] He follows me down every road I take He's there in the mornin' when I first awake He's the jealousy I swore I'd never feel He's the pride I hide behind a smile of steel [Verse 2] For years I tried to bury him out back Tried to outrun him on a midnight track But the faster that I ran, the stronger he grew Till one night I said, brother, I'm talkin' to you [Chorus] Meet my shadow, he's been with me all along Every bitter word and every crooked song Paul Hesch ain't runnin' from the dark no more Meet my shadow at the cellar door [Verse 3] I asked him what he wanted, what he's tryin' to say He said, I'm just the hurt you threw away I'm the little boy they told to never cry I'm every feelin' that you let go by [Chorus] Meet my shadow, he's been with me all along Every bitter word and every crooked song Paul Hesch ain't runnin' from the dark no more Meet my shadow at the cellar door [Verse 4] So I sat with him beneath a cold gray moon And I listened to his sad and lonesome tune And somewhere in the hours 'fore the dawn The war between us finally was gone [Verse 5] Now he walks beside me, not behind He's a part of me, a part of my mind He makes me honest, he makes me whole He's the missing piece of my weathered soul [Chorus] Meet my shadow, he's been with me all along Every bitter word and every crooked song Paul Hesch ain't runnin' from the dark no more Meet my shadow at the cellar door