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Livingston

Shadow

Release date: 8th March 2024

From A HOMETOWN ODYSSEY
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About This Track

Livingston confronts the architecture of self-doubt on 'Shadow', a track built around the image of an internal threat that wears your own shape. The song moves between states of vigilance and surrender: one foot planted, one foot already gone, the speaker caught between flight and paralysis. The chorus pivots on a single reframing, one that strips away the mythology of external evil and names what actually hunts you. It's the work of someone who understands that the most convincing enemy is the one you carry with you. The production holds space for this tension without resolution. Verses stack competing imperatives, don't think twice, turn your fear to a weapon, kill your pride, each one a survival instinct that cancels out the last. By the bridge, the song has collapsed the distance between watcher and watched, pursuer and pursued, until the only honest question left is whose life you're actually living. 'Shadow' treats anxiety not as a metaphor but as a presence that demands naming, and names it plainly.

"Shadow" is a track by Livingston, from the album A HOMETOWN ODYSSEY, released 8th March 2024. Full lyrics are available below.

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Livingston

Livingston

Lyrics

Shadow

[Verse 1]

One foot in the ground, one foot in the grave

Don't you dare make a sound (Shh)

Hear you from a mile away

Run from the town, all you need is your name

And the sweat on your brow

And the blood running through your veins

[Pre-Chorus]

Don't think twice, you'll be dead in a second

Turn your eyes from your hands to the heavens

Kill your pride, turn your fear to a weapon

And don't you forget it

[Chorus]

Oh, don't you let 'em take control

Don't you let 'em break your soul

It's not the devil at your door

It's just your shadow on the floor

[Verse 2]

One eye on the clock, one еye on the mirror

Take a stеp through your thoughts

Is it getting clearer?

If they follow you whenever night falls

Will you still listen to my call?

Who do you trust or no one at all?

Or knowing it all

[Pre-Chorus]

Don't think twice, you'll be dead in a second

Turn your eyes from your hands to the heavens

Kill your pride, turn your fear to a weapon

And don't you forget it

[Chorus]

Oh, don't you let 'em take control

Don't you let 'em break your soul

It's not the devil at your door

It's just your shadow on the floor

(It's just your shadow on the floor)

[Bridge]

Tell me that you hate me, yeah, I heard it all before

There's a life here for the taking

Is it mine or is it yours?

All I am is what you make me

You're on both sides of the wall

It's not the devil that you're facing

It's your shadow on the floor

[Outro]

(It's just your shadow on the floor)

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From A HOMETOWN ODYSSEY

2024
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Album
A HOMETOWN ODYSSEY
A HOMETOWN ODYSSEY
Livingston
Release year
2024
  1. —Traitor
  2. —Half Life
  3. —Neon
  4. —Surprise!
  5. —Symphony
  6. —Shadow
  7. —Last Man Standing
  8. —Warrior
  9. —The Ending You Deserve
  10. —Godspeed
  11. —Royalty
  12. —Lifetime
  13. —Introduction
  14. —Otherside
  15. —Architect

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