Shadow on the Way

The day has just begun
Despite the moon and sun
And wherever they choose to hang
If your thoughts they do escape
And there's nothing you can say
Let me stay, and I'll stay
Like a shadow on the way

Though the fire blazes high
It's not smoke that's in your eyes
It's a feeling you can't explain
If your heart it does change
Like a lamb that's gone astray
I will stay, yes I'll stay
Like a shadow on the way

If you bow to your pain
You shall sit and waste away
Like a king who has turned to slave
I can dance - I can sing
I'm not bound with any chains
But I'll stay, yes I'll stay
Like a shadow on the way

Let the heroes boldly ride
Where their legends never die
For to some there is only fame
Let them do what they may
My dark beast has long been slain
And I'll stay, yes I'll stay
Like a shadow on the way

You can live life fast or slow
But the time it comes and goes
And so will my dying day
If there's anything I've gained
Let it be my very name
And I'll stay, yes I'll stay
Like a shadow on the way

If the trees and the fields
And the turning of the wheel
Shall fall like the Summer rain
I will laugh and I'll play
For my song it will sustain
And I'll stay, yes I'll stay
Like a shadow on the way

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