Lyric

The sunset paints the city orange

Another day leans quietly away

Walking home after school

Your back just a little ahead

Every word I want to say

Stuck in traffic in my chest

The shadows stretch out long

Too close somehow

Close enough to touch

But not close enough

I can’t catch up to your stride

Only my heart moves forward

Your shadow stretching in the sunset

I walk while softly stepping on it

I tell myself this distance is fine

Even though I want to be by your side

I can’t catch up to your pace

And I can’t get past these feelings

[Verse 2 — Calm, reflective]

When I see you smile like that

I think maybe this is enough

I don’t want to break this moment

So I collect more reasons to be afraid

Just calling out your name

Feels like it might change everything

So I hide behind the shadows

And let today pass again

The answer I still can’t choose

I leave it with the fading sky

Shadows melting into sunset clouds

You keep your eyes straight ahead

I decided this spot was okay for now

But my heart steps one pace ahead

If the sun finally goes down

Will these feelings disappear too?

Not as a shadow, but as myself

Until the day I stand by you

Your shadow stretching in the sunset

I step on it again today

I smile and say I don’t need to pass you yet

So someday, I can walk beside you

The moment our shadows overlap

I don’t know it yet—and that’s okay

Even when the sun is gone

This feeling stays

Hidden inside the shadows