Running From My Shadow

Wanna know where I don’t go

When it goes from OK to a oh no

When it goes from hi five to a low blow

When it goes from all five to a solo

Lemme tell you what you don’t know

I been down / so low / I was

Looking for something but denying that I found it

There’s an elephant sitting in the room

And I can’t find another way to tiptoe around it

I been doing greater good for a long time

But I can’t find any other way to give now

I been putting myself on the sideline

And it’s been time so I’m saying can I live now

There are times when I kick myself

Say I’m not sick but I can’t get well

Say I got this while I chase my tail

As if they can’t tell

I'm running from my shadow

Running from my shadow but it’s still there chasing me down

I’ll never win the battle

Never win the battle and I should have known it by now

Just when I think I’ve found the end / ohhh

I’m going back around again / ohhh

Running from my shadow

Running from my shadow but it’s still there chasing me down

Light side’s got a dark side to it

Daytime flows into night like fluid

The yin and the yang with a curved line through it

And none of it’s illuminating why I do it

Maybe I didn’t want to chase what was not right

Maybe I didn’t want to face you were offsides

Thinking I was far away from a crossed line

But I was giving soft praise to a hard lie

There are things that you say and you don’t say

My tongue’s gotten real tired of me biting it

‘Cause I keep on following the wrong way

Time’s come and I can’t keep denying it

There are times when I kick myself

Say I’m not sick but I can’t get well

Say I got this while I chase my tail

As if they can’t tell

I'm running from my shadow

Running from my shadow but it’s still there chasing me down

I’ll never win the battle

Never win the battle and I should have known it by now

Just when I think I’ve found the end / ohhh

I’m going back around again / ohhh

Running from my shadow

Running from my shadow but it’s still there chasing me down

I love you but I know / I gotta let you go

Dancing with the devil cause she’s all I’ve ever known

Wanted to pretend / That this time was the end

Sorry but I guess I gotta let you down again

Again

Again

Running from my shadow now my shadow is my only friend

Running from my shadow

But it’s still there chasing me down

Running from my shadow

Running from my shadow but it’s still there chasing me down

• Artist:Mike Shinoda
• Album:Post Traumatic (2018)