Shadows Of The Lost

[Verse 1]
Needles in the alley
Dreams in the dust
Echoes of laughter
Now brittle with rust
The light in their eyes
It burned out too soon
Like a candle at midnight
Eclipsed by the moon

[Chorus]
Oh
Shadows of the lost
Where do you go?
Down to the river
Where the cold winds blow
They were young
They were wild
Now they're stories untold
Shadows of the lost
Their hearts turned cold

[Verse 2]
A mother waits by the door
Her hands wrung dry
A photo on the mantle
A tear in her eye
The clock ticks loud in a hollowed-out home
While the streets call her child to the dark
To the unknown

[Prechorus]
What is the price of a fleeting escape?
The devil deals heavy
There's no way to reshape

[Chorus]
Oh
Shadows of the lost
Where do you go?
Down to the river
Where the cold winds blow
They were young
They were wild
Now they're stories untold
Shadows of the lost
Their hearts turned cold

[Bridge]
In the cracks of the pavement
Flowers still bloom
Their roots hold the secrets of joy and of gloom
But the flowers can't speak
They can't turn back the tide
Of the sweet souls that faltered and faded inside