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Artist: MGMT
Canonical path: /mgmt/only-a-shadow
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Only a Shadow
Read Only a Shadow lyrics by MGMT on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Only a Shadow
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Lying in my room quiet late one night
Something I could see made me check my sight
Something very strange made me walk outside
So I walked outside like this real cool
Nothing to lose and I knew I should
Ever since she told me that I was no good
It was no good
I knew it would be
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
But it looks like you
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
But she looks like you
She looks like you...
It's the time of year when the flower dies
It's the kind of night when a ghost will rise
Searching for a girl with the dancing eyes
Who can stay all day but leave next night
Instincts should have told me it would work out right
Now I'm very nervous I leave all my life
But I walk outside and I walk outside and it's
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
But she looks like you[x4]
She looks like you...
Listen to her voice go around my head
Comes to me at night when I'm in my bed
"Could be going crazy" is what they said
And what they said is I'm no good
Told me to leave you, I really think I should
Haunted by your face everywhere I look
But I walk outside and I walk to far and it's
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
But it looks like you
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
But she looks like you[x2]
Shadow...
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
Only a shadow
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