The Supervisor's Shadow

Verse 1

April flowers, a new beginning

But I didn’t know the game you were winning

Three years of "jokes" at my expense

Building walls, a barbed wire fence

You laughed so loud in the open room

While planting seeds of silent doom

I was the one they cheered for, the best of the year

But you were the shadow, feeding on fear

Verse 2

"Jaja, Anders..." your hollow refrain

Followed by laughter that felt like a stain

Detailing my time, controlling my breath

A slow, quiet walk toward a corporate death

I asked you to stop, I asked for some light

But you turned the dial and gave me the night

No more hellos, no looking my way

Two years of darkness, day after day

January morning, the car won't move

I’m out of time, I’m out of the groove

The siren is screaming, the air is so thin

My body says "no" to the world you live in

(I can't go back... I can't go back...)

Chorus

Invisible chains around my neck

A hollow heart, a mental wreck

You stole the light, you dimmed the sun

But the story had only just begun

The damage is done, the scars are deep

But I have a soul that I get to keep

Verse 3

Then came the change, a hand in the dark

A stranger saw the missing spark

He called the meeting, he laid out the floor

And finally, someone opened the door

New leadership, a smile that was real

A place where a broken spirit could heal

While you kept on biting, frustrated and small

Counting my minutes, waiting for me to fall

Bridge

Now the tide has turned at last

The captain’s gone, a ghost of the past

The one who saved me now holds the wheel

And for the first time, it starts to feel...

Like I can breathe.

Like I can speak.

(But the echoes are still so loud)

Verse 4

I’m still here, at the very same desk

The ghosts of your words are a grotesque mask

"You’re here again," you used to sneer

But now you’re the one who disappeared

The office is quiet, the air is now clear

But the memory of you is a ghost I still fear

Outro

The badge clicks out.

The car drives home.

I’m still standing.

(I’m still here)

But I carry the scars.