Chasing Shadows Lyrics
by Aria Voss · From Velvet Roads EP (2025)
I've been running since before the break of day, Chasing every colour that you left along the way, Your shadow on the pavement, your echo in the hall, I built a whole cathedral from the letters that you'd call. The maps I drew are useless now the borders all have changed, And every road I follow feels familiar yet estranged, But something in the distance keeps on pulling me along, A melody that might just be the start of my next song.
I'm chasing shadows, shadows, shadows down the lane, Every time I catch one, you come back again, Oh the beautiful in-between, the almost and the near, I'm chasing shadows, shadows — maybe that's the fear. I'm chasing shadows, darling, every single night, Not because I'm lost, but because the dark feels right, And the shadows that I'm chasing — they look just like you, Chasing shadows — chasing shadows — could they all be true?
I found your old umbrella in a box beneath the stairs, Still carrying the shape of all those rainy afternoons and prayers, We'd dance between the puddles like the whole street was a stage, Now I keep that dancing in the corner of a page. You told me once that shadows are just proof the sun is there, And every dark that frightened me was just the light elsewhere, I'm starting now to wonder if your wisdom wasn't wrong, That what I keep on chasing was inside me all along.
I'm chasing shadows, shadows, shadows down the lane, Every time I catch one, you come back again, Oh the beautiful in-between, the almost and the near, I'm chasing shadows, shadows — maybe that's the fear.
What if I stopped running? What if I let the shadow catch up to me? What if the thing I'm wanting Is simply learning how to finally be free? Free from the chasing. Free from the race. Free from the outline of your face.
Chasing shadows — letting go. Chasing shadows — now I know. Chasing shadows — I was always home.