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Artist: Ashlee Simpson
Canonical path: /ashlee-simpson/shadow
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Shadow
Read Shadow lyrics by Ashlee Simpson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Shadow
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I was six years old
When my parents went away
I was stuck inside a broken life that I couldn't wish away
She was beautiful
She had everything and more
And my escape was hiding out and running for the door
Somebody listen please
It used to be so hard being me
[Chorus]
Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold
But every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
My chains are finally free
Don't feel sorry for me
All the days collided
One less perfect than the next
I was stuck inside someone else's life
And always second best
Oh I love you now
'Cause now I realize
That it's safe outside to come alive
In my identity
So if you're listening
There's so much more to me you haven't seen
[Chorus]
Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold
But every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally see
Don't feel sorry for me
Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
Everything's cool now
Mother, sister, father, sister, mother
Everything's cool now
Oh my life is good
I got more than anyone should
Oh my life is good
And the past in the past
I was living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold
But every touch felt cold to me
I'm living in a new day
I'm living it for me
And now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally be
Don't feel sorry
Don't feel sorry, don't feel sorry for me
Don't feel sorry
Don't feel sorry, don't feel sorry for me
Living in, living in, living in the shadow
Living in, living in, living in a new day
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Ashlee Simpson performs "Shadow", and this lyric page sits inside the Ashlee Simpson catalog on LyroVerse.
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