Don’t Lay Down With the Shadows

“Grief will break you. It will tear holes where the light once lived. But hear me — the dead are already gone. Your breath still burns. Don’t lay down with the shadows… Stand, and live.”

I’ve seen men fall beside the grave, Buried alive in the loss they craved. But love don’t ask for another soul, It asks you, boy, to carry it whole.

Don’t lay down with the shadows, Don’t let the night take you in. The dead already rest in silence, But your story’s not at its end. Carry the fire, let it burn hollow, Don’t lay down with the shadows.

I’ve heard the whispers, I’ve felt the pull, The ground is heavy, the dark is full. But every ghost that touched my hand, Said, “Stand up, son, reclaim the land.”

Don’t lay down with the shadows, Don’t trade your breath for stone. The road is hard, the night is endless, But you don’t ride it alone. Carry their memory, not their sorrow, Don’t lay down with the shadows.

Grief will stay, it always will, But life is yours to wander still. The dead can’t walk, they can’t forgive, They only want the living… to live.

Don’t lay down with the shadows, Let your fire light the plain. The grave has claimed the ones you loved, But your voice must remain. Carry the burden, ride through tomorrow, Don’t lay down with the shadows.

“Breathe. For them. For you.”

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