You see the shadows in my eyes and want to chase them away
You think you can save me and baby, I’m so afraid
because I’ve been down this road I know how it goes
You’ll give me your everything, but those shadows still show

I don’t want to love you
Because I don’t want to break you
I don’t want to see you cry
Really don’t want to make you

You think I’m sad, I need to be loved – that your love will fix me up inside
You think there’s something more; something that the shadows hide
Someday you’ll realize there’s nothing more, the shadows are all that is there
Your heart will break when you see and your love will fade in thin air

I don’t want to love you
Because I don’t want to break you
I don’t want to see you cry
Really don’t want to make you

I wish there was something more, something beautiful hiding underneath
But I know the shadows are in my soul, and when you see that, you’ll leave
You believe in the power of love, Your soul shines so bright
But my shadows are deep, and won’t be chased away by your light

Why can’t you believe me when I say
These shadows will never, ever go away?

No, babe, these shadows in my soul
They won’t fade, but they’ll swallow you whole

Run, run away and don’t try to save me; don’t be the hero, please let that be me
I’ll give up any love that you feel to know that from my darkness, you’re free

I don’t want to love you
Because I don’t want to break you
I don’t want to see you cry
Really don’t want to make you...

Lynda Remus

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/shadows-19/