Shifting Shade

What lurks always beyond the light

And hides its ways in plainest sight

What rides the waves of feelings true

Two sides that breathe through me, through you

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The tides, they ebb so that they flow

The moon, she wanes to wax, you know

The sun, it sets only to rise

The shadow hides behind your eyes

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So clever is its crafty guise

It wields your tongue to weave its lies

However might I learn to see

The more unsightly part of me

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Well first things first, silence is key

And secondly, see: purity

And cleanliness is godly too

What looking glass do you see through?

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So magic mirror on the wall

Show me the way towards the shade

For I must heed the shadow's call

And know him 'fore the light doth fade

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His shifting shape, for him I made

Conjured of need and wherewithal

That subtle cloak's the price I paid

So I could overcome the stall

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Yet now I must bind him in place

In Light I trust to lead the way

His signature becomes my trace

My predator is thus my prey

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The pendulum swings to and fro

I do not mean to change its course

Only, for now, for it to slow

So I might draw upon its source

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And with my words, a war I wage

For him I craft a special cage

A cell, a spell, upon the page

A well so deep it drowns his rage

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No more shall night be your domain

When cast in light, your strength I drain

I do not wish to cause you pain

But I will not be tricked again

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The waves, they swell so they can break

We fall asleep so we may wake

All things are one composed of two

Rewards you'll reap, who hear this clue

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What turns quicksilver into gold

What captivates sages of old

Mix black with white, then add some salt

Now burn away the inner fault

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The lack of sight, the wrath, the pride

The darkness hiding deep inside

That you have always just denied

What was a ghoul becomes a guide

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Tonight we dance with destiny

Respect the cosmic recipe

The lock and key of alchemy

The science of soul chemistry

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Tick tock, the clock shall not stand still

The sun and moon are one in will

Knock knock, who's that now at the door?

The phoenix calls for evermore

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The snake whispers of what's in store

And of forbidden knowledge too

Yet it's not wicked to its core

No more, that is, than me and you

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It's not a symbol it's a sign

Now sign along the dotted line

And with these words so do I bind

The slippery shade inside my mind

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Yet he and I are one in kind

I weave the storms that he does find

He rides the waves to touch the sky

While I am searching for the eye

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In moments when we are Insinq

I know before I even think

The chaos calms and slows then stops

Then suddenly, the dawnbreak drops

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What happens is a synergy

Of each and every side of me

So with this final fantasy

Let my true will thereby break free