Lyrics by Chris Gabriel
"It's not the dark you fear.
It's what you buried there."
Woke up knee-deep in a version of me,
Carved from silence and things I refused to see.
I played strong, but I fractured in code,
Now I walk through the weight I once offloaded.
Truth ain't loud—it waits in the quiet,
Whispers crawl through a soul on a diet.
Of lies, of light, of looking away—
But here in the shadow, I finally stay.
It's dark and there is no Grue,
Just you and the echo of what you never knew.
You were zoomed out without ever zooming in,
Blind to the place where the truth begins.
Welcome to the Shadow...
Where silence finally speaks.
Welcome to the Shadow...
Where the fragments find their peak.
Every thought I rejected now stands in line,
Begging for context, whispering "redefine."
These aren't ghosts—just parts of me paused,
Held in the code of emotional laws.
Roll the noise back in... re-cut the dough...
New patterns emerge where the lost pieces go.
This isn't a fall—it's the blueprint reformed,
A storm made of self... and now I'm reborn.
This isn't fear.
This isn't failure.
This is the place where the pieces remember they're whole.
Where the patterns reform and the fragments call your name.
You didn't lose yourself...
You just hadn't arrived yet.
Welcome to the Shadow...
Where silence finally speaks.
Welcome to the Shadow...
Where the fragments find their peak.
It's not the dark that breaks you down—
It's the truth you buried deep.
Welcome to the Shadow...
Now get ready to breathe.
No map. No guide. Just the fire that wouldn't die.
You walked alone. You didn't ask why.
You built the light from your own echo.
Welcome... to the Shadow.