"Are We Only Shadows"

Awake, alive
Have we ever been before
All this time
I've waited for the day to come
To wake my eyes
Like the waves rush up against the shore
And break the line
Blinding like the morning sun

All this darkness
Was it ever meant to be
All this greatness
Repelled by all the dark in me
Do we see clearly
With these secondhand irises
Or are we only shadows

I watch the ghosts cast by the trees
In repeating lines in front of me
The part that follows after
After the light has hit the rafters

Are we casted just the same
Like the cold outside eternal flame
Just a figment of the source
The unequal, opposing force

All this darkness
Was it ever meant to be
All this greatness
Repelled by all the dark in me
Do we see clearly
With these secondhand irises
Or are we only shadows

Are we only shadows
Are we only shadows