Name: Shadows
Duration: 5 min 22 s
Channel: Drew Miller
Description: Free MP3 download. This is the first song with lyrics I ever wrote. It was inspired by Fahrenheit 451, and it's about the same general thing.

Shadows

Drew Miller

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This is the first song with lyrics I ever wrote. It was inspired by Fahrenheit 451, and it's about the same general thing.

Drew Miller

I'm Drew. Lyrically, I'm influenced mostly by Derek Webb, and musically, I'm influenced by Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Nickel Creek and literally about 20 o

Hey, I'm Drew Miller. I'm 13, and I've been playing guitar since I was in the 3rd grade. I started writing songs in 6th grade, and now I'm in 8th. I listen to John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, David Gray, Nickel Creek, Cold War Kids, John Butler Trio, and Jeff Buckley to name a few. I like to think about lots of stuff, and usually it ends up spilling out onto paper as song lyrics. And I think about good quality stuff, to assure you. My melodies are catchy but not too over the top happy or anything. I try to keep a good balance. Please listen and feel free to download some of the songs to your iTunes or whatever. It will please me if you do.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Rock

Author

Drew Miller

Rights

2007

Uploaded

December 17, 2007

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.9 MB • 128 kbps • 5:22

Lyrics

I was once a shallow man
All my thoughts were kept at bay
Controlled by the way that it was
They simply had nothing to say

But that's how our society taught
I knew how to walk, how to talk
And I know how to think
Although those thoughts never went too far
Fill me up
And that's all that mattered to me

They took away the shadows
They numbed away the pain
But if the shadows are gone
Where's the light that made them?

And then this girl came along
With her beautiful mind
She didn't let anything hold her back
And had no intention of wasting time

She taught me how to feel the pain
Feel the shame of the emptiness
That fills our world
And all the pain I felt
Made the happiness much more real

She showed me how society was tricking me
Giving me this sense of motion without movement
Made me feel like I was actually thinking
When they were just playing the solvent

They took away the jealousy
They numbed away the pain
They stole everything but happiness
Now what can we compare it to?
What can we compare it to
To know it for what it is?

Everyone was the same
No one better, no one worse
No one to look up to
And no one to curse

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