Varkan - Shadow Self Lyrics

I expose cracks in foundations
Never come in uninvited
But they blame me for your rupture
Fantasies kept you blinded

I represent thee, sinners
Demons, I personify
The ones that dance inside your heads
The fears that you disguise

I defy validation, I'm all that you despise
A truth that lives inside your cells
While you tell only lies
Red beast sits on your shoulder
Like a prize upon a shelf
You know you love to hate me
Behold thy shadow self

You all look down upon me
As if I did not exist
You know you preach morality
When you don't give a shit

I pry the ground from under you
Your self-doubt gives me joy
Your greatest fears and foibles
Are to me only toys

I defy validation, I'm all that you despise
A truth that lives inside your cells
While you tell only lies
Red beast sits on your shoulder
Like a prize upon a shelf
You know you love to hate me
Behold thy shadow self

Ingrained into your conscience
Though I am all you oppose
Throw me out like garbage
Out of fear, I would suppose
Immune to your resistance
No matter how hard you try
More real than your existence
I will never die

I defy validation, I'm all that you despise
A truth that lives inside your cells
While you tell only lies
Red beast sits on your shoulder
Like a prize upon a shelf
You know you love to hate me
Behold thy shadow self

Ingrained into your conscience
Though I am all you oppose
Throw me out like garbage
Out of fear, I would suppose
Immune to your resistance
No matter how hard you try
More real than your existence
I will never die