Story Behind The Song

This is a song about mental illness and how people suffering with it treat it as if it doesn't exist.

Lyrics

Why are these shadows following me?
No matter where I turn, their following me.
When I walk into the dark they scatter in the gloom.
I can feel their presence all around me now,
these shadows of mine why do they feel, feel so foul?

Someday soon you'll realize what it is to leave your past behind. Like childhood fears that do not last.
I will play their magical game, decipher all their clues,
these echos of darkness have nothing to lose, nothing to lose.

Still these shadows following me.
No matter day or night their following me.
When I walk into the light they seem so very clear.
If I try to ignore them, they seem to grow.
These shadows of mine I wonder, are they friend or are they foe?

Someday soon you'll realize what it is to leave your past behind. Like childhood fears that do not last.
I will play their magical game, decipher all their clues,
these echos of darkness have nothing to lose, nothing to lose.

So, you think you can ignore me. Is it I who follow or is it you who follow me?

I am master of myself, I come and go as I please!

Yes, you may come and you may go. The door of truth you closed a long, long time ago.

Truth is perspective, it's what you believe.
This darkness in my life can't bother me.
I'm immune to all it's pain I've earned my Nth degree!
It matters not, when in the dark I can not see.
These shadows of mine, they just won't leave me be.
Leave me be.

Shadows in my life I see.
Shadows mean nothing to me.