Macklemore - Shadow Lyrics






[IRO:]
Got me straight up drinkin' from the barrel
I've been losin' hours
Singin' sad songs underneath the gallows
Runnin' from my shadow
Runnin' from my shadow

[Macklemore:]
I need relief, I need some peace
But the voices, they keep talking to me
And I keep going to meetings, I pray every evening
But I can't escape my disease
Lookin' at me, stare in the mirror
Look at the man starin' back at you
You are your failures, you are your triumphs
You are a prophet, you are an asshole
You are a devil and you are a god
You buy a shovel and bury it all
Think you can purchase your way right out of the void
And not end up payin' the cost?
Lie to yourself, lie to them, hell
Whatever helps, forgotten what's real
You think the secrets you keep stay between you and me
But the shadow's attached to your heels, like

[IRO:]
Got me straight up drinkin' from the barrel
I've been losin' hours
Singin' sad songs underneath the gallows
Runnin' from my shadow
Runnin' from my shadow

[Macklemore:]
I let it rain through the sunroof
I've been parked out by the waterfront
Been going to war with myself
Reading Sun Tzu, bumpin' Tha Carter I
I'm back on day two, forgot how hard it was
Starin' at me for so long, I forgot who the target was
I thought I was over this, this isn't what sober is
What kind of dad would hold their kids
Then go back out and ignore the risk?
The shadow wants me to forget the pain
Wants me to live in the guilt and the shame
So much that I have no choice
But to die from the drugs or blow out my fucking brain
The shadow, it wants me too busy
It wants me keep driftin'
It wants me to give in to fame
It wants me forgettin' that I got an illness
That lives in my spirit in different ways
Shadow, the light
They can both blind, got different names
If it's too dark, if it's too bright
It can still burn you with different flames
And I don't owe them an iota
Tell my mama I'ma die sober
Yeah, I might be bipolar
I should write an album out in Wyoming
Low bottom, I'm a high roller
Go full throttle, got no chauffeur
Got two voices on both shoulders
But I keep swinging 'til the fight's over

[IRO:]
Got me straight up drinkin' from the barrel
I've been losin' hours
Singin' sad songs underneath the gallows
Runnin' from my shadow
(Runnin' from my shadow)

[IRO:]
Runnin', I'm runnin', I can't get away, away, away
Chasin' me down every night and all day, all day, all day
Runnin', I'm runnin', I can't get away, away, away
Chasin' me down every night and all day, all day
Runnin', I'm runnin', I can't get away, away, away
Chasin' me down every night and all day, all day, all day
I'm runnin', I'm runnin', I can't get away
Chasin' me down every night and all day
My mama told me I gotta be brave, be brave, be brave

[IRO:]
Keep runnin' from my shadow





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  1. g.... ....

    That super talented guy on songland changed the word “tripping” to “running” on this song - gave the song its meaning

  2. �.... �....

    cool, thnks, hi from Siberia

  3. l.... m....

    What happen to macklemore

  4. X.... ....

    damn...

  5. M.... W....

    u n d e r r a t e d

  6. R.... ....

    Macklemore is 🐐 NO CAP!!💯

    R.... ....

    Macklemore > Cole / K dot

  7. x.... ....

    I love this!!!!

  8. E.... M....

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💥

  9. t.... p....

    Hey dude mac lethal is taking about u....

  10. D.... M....

    exactly what i needed to hear. if only this kind of music would make it to the radio. i show so many people in the program the Macklemore music that has helped me in my sobriety do much but never gets to the radio. keep making music like this you're saving lives. i don't know you personally but i love you.

  11. K.... ....

    2.254.157 V

  12. A.... E....

    Pozdrav shadow

  13. P.... P....

    Pure beauty!!! Thank you for all you have done and shared!!! LOVE YOU BEN!!!

  14. L.... G....

    macklamor is back

  15. L.... G....

    you are so good

  16. S.... K....

    Mack is back with a bang

  17. T.... K....

    Man i missed you and your music. God bless you. Hope there comes more in the future. 😁😃😉

  18. D.... H....

    Singga is the only one and unique and best singer in the world

  19. s.... d....

    honestly, fucking amazing!

  20. P.... C....

    This is G Eazy with a dick in his mouth

  21. t.... s....

    _So much that I have no choice but to die from the drugs or blow out my fucking brain_


    twenty days clean, boys
    *tell my momma i'm going to die sober*

    wish me luck

    t.... s....

    twenty one days. *deep breath*
    i want to tell my momma i'll die sober
    but i don't really believe it

    t.... s....

    twenty three days

    t.... s....

    Lie to yourself// lie to them, hell// whatever helps


    t w e n t y - s e v e n days

    t.... s....

    forty days. that's a long time

  22. 0.... ....

    Wow j'adooooooore!!!!😍

  23. L.... J....

    I love this song!

  24. D.... -....

    it is so a nice music i love this music thank you macklemore

  25. N.... L....

    Like - Macklemore, Eminem Comment - 6ix9ine and others.... Let's see who have more supporters

    N.... L....

    Man....em is the goat

  26. P.... P....

    “Reading sun tzu and bumping the carter 1”

  27. E.... H....

    Love this song.... and all your songs Macklemore

  28. M.... C....

    big like from Algeria 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿
    12/11/2019

  29. #.... H....

    Je suis la seule à entendre « godemichet » à 0:07 ? 😂😂

  30. V.... P....

    Living with Schizophrenia and listening to this song just made me happy : )

  31. R.... A....

    Fatboy slim it up!

  32. L.... C....

    I really look up to what he did to this song and how he treated the songwriter. He gave him the credit he deserved. What an artist.

  33. L.... G....

    Hmmm, love this man!!!! Straight up hero & god gifted you with a voice for a legend..

  34. S.... K....

    😉😉😉 ma boy

  35. J.... S....

    Like it, reminds me of Mike Shinoda's Running From My Shadow.

  36. G.... B....

    Yeah
    Wanna know where I don't go
    When it goes from OK to a oh no
    When it goes from hi five to a low blow
    When it goes from all five to a solo
    Lemme tell you what you don't know
    I been down, so low
    I was looking for something but denying that I found it
    There's an elephant sitting in the room
    And I can't find another way to tiptoe around it
    I been doing greater good for a long time
    But I can't find any other way to give now
    I been putting myself on the sideline
    And it's been time so I'm saying can I live now
    There are times when I kick myself
    Say I'm not sick but I can't get well
    Say I got this while I chase my tail
    As if they can't tell
    I'm running from my shadow
    Running from my shadow, but it's still there chasing me down
    I'll never win the battle
    Never win…

  37. G.... B....

    I like Macklemore but this is a straight bite from #MikeShinoda ‘s “Runnin From My Shadow” off his ‘Post Traumatic” album..... I think its too close to be a coincidence... I watched the show when they put this song together and it was “stepping on my shadow” and then changed to RFMS.... This was Shinoda’s album to bring help and crisis intervention to both himself and fans of Linkin Park... Mack should at minimum explain.... #MakeChesterProud

    G.... B....

    Macklemore is a recovering addict. I just listened to the Mike Shinodas song. I do think they have similar concepts. But this song tackles addiction more head on instead of just calling it a shadow. Mike I think is more talking about the depressive state of the Shadow that lead to Chesters death. While Mack seems to be talking more about addiction.

    G.... B....

    I respect that.  I was more speaking to both the words "running from my shadow" and it's cadence. They worked that song out from someone else's lyrics. The original writer was a contestant on the show "Songland" and they turned it into RFMS on the spot (or so it appeared). I just think it's possible Mack may have heard Shinoda's song and either consciously or subconsciously morphed it. The meaning may be different but the hook and cadence are far too similar for me. Just my opinion. I Appreciate your comment.#MakeChesterProud

    G.... B....

    G. B. I’ve listened to the cadence a couple more times. And you are absolutely correct. They are so similar. Never heard the song from Shinoda before today. Thanks for introducing me to it, love the song.

  38. s.... ....

    😍😍😍😍😍

  39. J.... A....

    me gusta su cansion encima soy omosexsual

  40. A.... T....

    No doubt the best song I've ever heard in my life 😍😍

  41. K.... S....

    Bro I love Macklemore’s music, and it makes it even better cause it’s not like everyday rap. It’s something different. That’s what’s makes him so unique and amazing.

  42. E.... L....

    Macklemore you are amazing and a necessity for the entire music universe let alone the rap community! You're music has true meaning and life purpose which is missing in almost every song that makes the radio these days. Thank you for staying true to your values and letting us live them with you. IRO I saw you on Songland. You are an incredible story and thank you for bringing this song to light. I wish you the best in your new career. This is truly the best song to be cut from Songland to date, a true classic!!!!!!

  43. m.... s....

    LIKE 👍

  44. A.... B....

    I know you probably get a lot of these messages but I'm 32 with a great family I have always respected and loved ur music I'm addicted to pain meds and I'm so scared of change and I look in the mirror and I hate what I see please keep making songs I believe through all this I can eventually make it I do like that verse from this song shadow.." no choice to die from the drugs or blow out my f..brains"...it really hit home ty and for starting over that song touched me also otherwise ur amazing Macklemore

  45. V.... K....

    🔥👑🔥

  46. i.... c....

    Vou falar em português mesmo, esta musica está foda de mais, traduz ai :D

  47. H.... H....

    Can someone tell me what's the name of that tune at the beginning??

  48. S.... E....

    Fila da puta

  49. T.... M....

    this song is amazing
    plz dont hate but i wanna collab macklemore and khalid
    with macks bars and khalid's voice it would be amazing

  50. S.... ....

    idk why but this remind me of us i got 5 on it song is it just me?

  51. s.... ....

    Why does this sound familiar

  52. M.... S....

    My demons when they are in the mood to talk with me then torment me

  53. T.... ....

    It is literally impossibly to have an even remotely mediocre song when Mack touches it. /bow keep doing what you are doing.

  54. T.... B....

    This would of worked amazing in the new joker film

  55. L.... E....

    Macklemore if you read this you are the most inspiring person I’ve ever seen. A couple weeks ago you came to central point Oregon because U.S cellular was having its anniversary. You sang the song Same Love and I cried, I really did cry you also said some things that were amazing and so true. I was the one with a beanie next to my friend standing on a chair holding a shirt that said 23rd st Cherry. You probably didn’t see me but all I want to say is that you are my inspiration, my idol, thank you Macklemore for the concert it was a night to remember. Thank you. I hope to get to meet you up close one day🙏🏼❤️ every time I think about that concert I get very very happy. I hope you specifically see this

  56. K.... B....

    I absolutely love this song. It was stuck in my head for days after the show, and I've kept thinking about it till I was driven to go and find it.

  57. E.... c....

    Amazing

  58. m.... �....

    He’s back

  59. D.... M....

    Me encanta.

  60. S.... f....

    Is he going to keep making new songs?

  61. L.... ....

    What happened to Ryan Lewis?

  62. 1.... S....

    Love it!!!!
    I look up to you and hope to be like you when I get older. I'm in choir and i love it!

  63. S.... ....

    bei diesen song errinert man sich immer an das kaputte deutschland durch merkel und wird fast patriotisch :D

  64. A.... ....

    how this music only has 1,6 milion views? this desevrs more sorry for the english im a fucking portuguese who listen your music bro you are amazing always try to improve my english listen you

  65. F.... P....

    Temon, saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

  66. Z.... ....

    "you are a devil, and you are a God"?

  67. J.... L....

    This shit is trash another white boy doing black music and thinks he black

  68. J.... P....

    Op song

  69. D.... M....

    hola bebe

  70. J.... M....

    Amazing song rock 😎 😎

  71. M.... A....

    SO PROUD OF YOU BEN!!!

  72. l.... s....

    Ok this has got to be one of my favorite songs from Songland and I LOVE when it goes through a complete transformation and comes out the other side a HIT like this. So.. good... and his rap makes it 100 times better! I didn’t expect it to hit me harder than the chorus.. so good

  73. V.... Z....

    Braaaassiill love you

  74. A.... s....

    Trěs ☆¤♤♡◇♧○○■☆▪¤《》jolie

  75. u.... s....

    If this is a sign that he's back the world is blessed.

    You pick any song and make macklemore sing it, autotune the shit out of it and you're still gonna hear that it's him.

  76. T.... S....

    THIS IS SO GOOD
    ONE OF THE BEST SONG FROM SONGLAND

    T.... S....

    I wish there will be a video for this!!!

  77. B.... ....

    a lit song
    can’t believe they don’t play this everywhere

  78. A.... S....

    He needs to come back.

  79. S.... P....

    Repeated the same song for the whole 2 days...mac returns
    #desperately waiting for the official video...🤯🤑

  80. J.... C....

    this is so good.

  81. A.... S....

    Who else Thinks Ed Sheeran sounds like Iro?

  82. R.... S....

    this song goes hard

  83. Y.... A....

    1:46
    The light
    They can both blind, got different names
    If it's too dark, if it's too bright
    It can still burn you with different flames
    And I don't owe them an iota
    Tell my mama I'ma die sober
    Yeah, I might be bipolar
    I should write an album out in Wyoming
    Low bottom, I'm a high roller
    Go full throttle, got no chauffeur
    Got two voices on both shoulders
    But I keep swinging 'til the fight's over

  84. L.... H....

    This is perfection on all levels!♥️

  85. V.... T....

    Is He Finally Back

  86. W.... U....

    Your beast Macklemore.

  87. m.... s....

    Deesnuts

  88. M.... G....

    I'm Irish and I'm a big fan

  89. P.... M....

    Thankfull to be there in Lollapalooza São Paulo watching this music being released!

  90. O.... N....

    I want to hear the full version of this song with out macklemore on it before his versus was placed

  91. S.... Z....

    PRECIOUSSSSSSS

  92. R.... ....

    How did the same guy who made thrift shop make this

  93. I.... -....

    Yo this sounds like NF shit right here.AND I LOVE IT

    I.... -....

    Eyyyy, amen!

  94. D.... G....

    Who els gets a pirate vibe from that intro?

  95. D.... A....

    So good...🙋‍♀️👉🇩🇪

  96. �.... �....

    Its shit

  97. M.... A....

    Wow🤯🤯🤯🤯

  98. M.... L....

    Here it is... Brand new song “ Shadow” featuring IRO from NBC's SONGLAND. Crazy how a single idea can turn into performing in front of 40,000 people in Brazil.  Anything is possible 🔮💜Stream everywhere: https://macklemore.ffm.to/shadow

    M.... L....

    Brazil loves you n that's a fact

    M.... L....

    You need a new beat producer. It's time for a change!!!

    M.... L....

    we need the video clip

    M.... L....

    Its great

    M.... L....

    Macklemore you should do a remix of thrift shop