Shadowland

Released under watchful skies

Into a town I didn't recognize

I was a tourist with no story,

Lost in this purgatory

Escaped the smell of chalk and shame,

Pledged a classroom in my name

The PTA won't bless me

And the yearbook will assess me, yeah

I walked down these familiar streets,

Now filled with circus freaks

Your plans are as useful as baby's hand,

There's no planning in shadow, shadowland

Shadowland (multiple times)

I chase you round the chimney stacks,

The burnt earth pressed into our backs

It was so dark I just don't know what I kissed

And I couldn't even see what I missed

You walked me across freedom fields,

My shadow was a forcefield

I want to float upon my memories,

Not sink into the gloaming seas of shadowland

Shadowland (multiple times)

Weight loss, first frost, valium, sink fast

Life coach, guru, I turn and I find you