The Shadows We Cast

We like to think we shine in the light So incandescent, impossibly bright But the shadows we cast... And we believe we are stars in the night Cleaving the shadows in everyone's sight But the shadows we cast... They fall behind us, we do not see them Out of our vision, so we can deny And tell ourselves that, well, it's not me, then. How special we are to be living the lie. We like to think we burn like the sun Bright and eternal, our day's never done But the shadows we cast...