Evanescence Lyrics Source

My black backpack's stuffed with broken dreams.

Twenty bucks should get me through the week.

Never said a word of discontentment -

Thought it a thousand times, but now I'm leaving home.

[Chorus]

Here in my shadows

I'm safe, I'm free.

I've nowhere else to go,

But I cannot stay where I don't belong.

Two months pass by and it's getting cold.

I know I'm not lost, I'm just alone.

But I won't cry; I won't give up - I can't go back now.

Waking up is knowing who you really are.

[Chorus]

In the shadows

I'm safe, I'm free.

I've nowhere else to go but

I cannot stay here.

Show me the shadow where true meaning lies.

So much more dismay in empty eyes.