Unfinished Song Vault: Shadow (Patreon)

Do I want to come back to this one? 👀 Could this bridge the gap between "*Picture Perfect*" and "Villain"? ...Okay, maybe that's a stretch, but... 👀

I forgot this existed, but hollllllyyyyyyyyyy. I love it.

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I honestly really like how it goes from this dark imagery, painting a picture of some entity to be feared, but flips the fear onto them. That. Feels. Clever. Goodness.

I think even this just as it is, with the snaps, would make a good intro to a new Villain era song... So mayhaps I will need to channel Villain KT, because I am suddenly psyched about the potential for this one. Although I don't actually know what it would be about... all the more reason to start thinking about it now!

I think when I first wrote this, I felt pretty proud of it then, too. But then I never looked at it or thought about it again. And I think that was a mistake.

I am actually quite certain that this was also written about my ex and the trauma he caused, so... it was always meant for the Villain Era. 💁‍♀️ As many know, after I accidentally pushed myself into the realization of just how bad that relationship was, and how much trauma it caused, I started having nightmares about it.

And while those nightmares are much less frequent, they still happen. So I'm not sure exactly which time it was that I wrote this, but I am sure that this song was my way of processing the fact that I was somehow still experiencing them, years later.

But it feels very good - powerful even - that this song piece was written to flip the script. 💁‍♀️

Lyrics:

Your shadow keeps on haunting me, haunting me

Yeah, your ghost just can't seem to get enough of me

Why you creepin' 'round in my dreams?

Are you too afraid to face reality? 😎