The Shadow People Lyrics

About this time of every year the shadow people come

They lay down their nets before they appear

Cause they know where we will run

They don't need their knives

They don't wield their spears

They just turn us on our own

With some hazy fog, and some well-placed mirrors

They obscure what's right from wrong

They have robbed us of ears to hear

Every mourner's on their own

The court seers warn the end is near

They find deaf ears on the throne

But I know there's coming one who sings

And he'll turn our hearts from stone

We denied the light right above our heads

And we sought it on the ground

When we lit the fires set in front of us

Their light cast our shadows long

All this earthbound light gives them room to hide

Maybe all our fire's in vain

But I see a star burning in the heights

It could set this dark ablaze

Hear the dissonance of the northern wind

As it blows through empty pews

Hear the shadow people usher in

The final twilight of the moon

But I know there's coming one who sings

And he'll cause the dawn to bloom

Maybe this isn't our fight

Maybe we'll lose to the night

But maybe we'd still better try

Cause even the shadows can't hide what is right

And even this darkness can't long hide the light