It forever walks behind me It is always at my side And even if I wanted to There is no where that I can hide It follows in my footsteps Watching every move that I make Itβs there for all my happiness But witnesses all my mistakes It holds my hand when it is needed It will never leave me be But even when I wish to be alone It will not take leave of me When fear grips at my beating heart And my eyes are filled with tears It will grip me tight and hold me fast Until my path is crystal clear As I stumble down a hazy road And try to keep from falling And brush off all the little bugs And try to stop my skin from crawling No matter how I plead with it It seems you cannot see No matter how I beg of it It will not let me be So perhaps I must succumb to love And accept that I cannot be rid of it So I will have to carry on anyway And maybe it will be for my benefit So I will not ****** my hand away And there is nothing to be scared of Because I know it will be there for me My precious shadow that is called love