About this Track
Shadow Song is a track from TTAV's ninth album Incarnate about the integration of the parts of yourself you've spent years hiding. The narrator has buried what doesn't fit the image they wanted to project — not because those parts are monstrous, but because naming them felt too dangerous. The mirror cracks at midnight and what looks back isn't a threat. It's just truth left unacknowledged. The chorus lands simply and without apology: I am all of me. No more hiding. The bridge reframes the shadow not as something to be defeated but as missing pieces — things needed all along rather than things to be feared. A quiet shift in the final chorus opens the personal inward journey outward: We are all of us. Recognition becomes collective.
Lyrics
I've been running from the parts That don't fit the perfect frame Locked them deep where no one looks Buried what I couldn't name But the mirror cracks at midnight And I see what I've denied Not some monster in the darkness Just the truth I left behind I am all of me I am all of me I am all of me No more hiding This isn't broken This isn't wrong These are the pieces I've needed all along Not the enemy Just the parts I couldn't see I am all of me I am all of me I am all of me (We are all of us) No more hiding All of me All of me