[Intro]
Yeah — Shadows and Lights
(ah) Cold breath, neon flicks, we move like echoes — yah
[Chorus]
Shadows to lights, I run the night — yah (run the night)
Corner to heights, I claim my life — skrrt (claim my life)
Shadows to lights, I run the night — yah (run the night)
Corner to heights, I claim my life — skrrt (claim my life)
[Verse 1]
Clocktower ticks, puddles mirror the skyline, I lace up quick
Cigarette sparks on wet cobbles, breath fog, heartbeat tick-tick (yah)
Corner shop shutters, morning papers folded, stories split
Feet on the pavement, fingertips numb but my aim stay lit (skrrt)
Three-line schemes, triplets flipping on the cadence, no pity
Sirens in the distance, train rumbles—city hymn, gritty city (breath)
Lost nights, neon fights, I learned to write pain in metrics
Every scar’s a barcode, scanned and read at the precincts (yah)
Look — wallet thin but my vision thick, mapped to the skyline
Hands cold, mind on bills, clock hands move, I grind time (skrrt)
No glamor in the grind, just grit and the flash of a lamp-post
I move calculated, chess moves while the alley breathes damp smoke
[Chorus]
Shadows to lights, I run the night — yah (run the night)
Corner to heights, I claim my life — skrrt (claim my life)
Shadows to lights, I run the night — yah (run the night)
Corner to heights, I claim my life — skrrt (claim my life)
[Verse 2]
Names folded in my wallet, pages stained with last winter’s rain
Friends gone like closed shutters, left trainers by the train (yah)
I speak for the quiet ones, for the kids on the stairwells
For the mums checking clocks, counting coins, praying farewells (breath)
I stack small wins—bus fare, shift pay, one more line written
Every bar’s an order, every exit planned, never slip, never slippin’ (skrrt)
Internal rhymes, external steel—voice cuts but it’s only sound
I plant flags on rooftops, garden hope where the grit’s found (yah)
Punchline clipped, cadence tight, watch the glide on the 808
Slide the 808 under heartbeat, let the bass calibrate fate (skrrt)
[Bridge]
Glow up from the gutter — we light the block not just the night
Keep your head down, aim high — turn the cold into the fight (yah)
We move like shadows but we chase the lights, keep the tape rolling
Every step’s a sentence but the story keeps on going
[Chorus — Final]
Shadows to lights, I run the night — yah (run the night)
Corner to heights, I claim my life — skrrt (claim my life)
Shadows to lights, I run the night — yah (run the night)
Corner to heights, I claim my life — skrrt (claim my life)
[Outro]
Cold breath, neon hum, keep walking — keep rising
Shadows and lights, yeah — unforgettable timing (yah, skrrt)
