Shadowland

Peel back the layers from my skin, take off this straightjacket and help me to escape again

Switch off the TV I can’t stand it, the same old rhetoric again 

There is no light on this horizon, there is no NorthStar overhead 

And we all search for silver linings

as the deeds are done

and the words are said

I hate hate and I love love

but it don’t come from up above 

It’s in the hearts and minds the ties that bind

but they can fall apart so hold on to mine 

Cause we’re living in a shadowland tonight, living in a shadowland I can’t find the light

Yes we’re living in a shadowland tonight, you gotta hold on tight, hold on tight till the light 

There’s a you shaped hole that’s buried deep within my heart,

there’s a you shaped whole every time that we part, 

And on this lonely night this world don’t seem to turn

as we live and learn

and the forests burn 

I hate hate and I love,  love

but it don’t come from up above 

it’s in the hearts and minds that ties that bind

but they can fall apart so hold onto mine 

Cause we’re living in a shadowland tonight, living in a shadowland I can’t find the light 

Living in a shadowland tonight,

you gotta hold on tight,

hold on tight till the light 

I hate, hate, I love love but it don’t come from up above it don’t come from up above 

Living in a shadowland tonight, living in a shadowland I can’t find the light 

Living in a shadowland tonight you gotta hold on tight, hold on tight till the light 

LYRICS BY PETER GAMBLE