my black backpack stuffed with broken dreams
twenty bucks should get me through the week
never said a word of discontentment
faught it a thousand times but now
im leaving home

here in the shadows
im safe, im free
ive nowhere else to go
but i cannot stay where i dont belong

two months pass by and its getting cold
i know im not lost im just alone
but i wont cry, i wont give up, i cant go back now
waking up is knowing who you really are

here in the shadows
im safe, im free
ive nowhere else to go
but i cannot stay where i dont belong

in the shadows
im safe, im free
ive nowhere else to go
but i cannot stay here
oh, show me the shadow where true meaning lies
so much more dismay in empty eyes.