Chasing shadows

[Intro] Soft strums echo in a quiet room, Chasing the tail of a lingering gloom. [Verse 1] Morning breaks, another day, Repeat the script, the roles we play. Coffee brews, stale and bleak, Is this the peak we seek? [Pre-Chorus] Every step feels traced, In lines deeply faced, Is this path mine, or just embraced? [Chorus] Why do I walk this road laid before me? Chasing shadows of what was supposed to be. Has my heart changed, or just grown? Is it still my dream I own? [Verse 2] Once passions burned, fierce and bright, Now questions flicker in the failing light. Do I love this life, or just comply? What's lost if I don't try? [Pre-Chorus] Is change a friend, or a foe in disguise, A truth earnest, or a comfortable lie? [Chorus] Why do I walk this road laid before me? Chasing shadows of what was supposed to be. Has my heart changed, or just grown? Is it still my dream I own? [Bridge] Is it fear that chains me here, To familiar paths, year after year? Or is it wisdom, knowing to hold, To the warm embers, when the fire’s cold? [Verse 3] Underneath, a silent scream, To wake from this well-trodden dream. But is it brave to rewrite the page, Or is comfort in the stage? [Chorus] Why do I walk this road laid before me? Chasing shadows of what was supposed to be. Has my heart changed, or just grown? Is it still my dream I own? [Outro] As night falls, and quiet calls, I ponder the mights, the might-have-beens, the stalls. In the silence, perhaps, I’ll find, The courage to redefine.