Shadows in My Veins
FRAGMENTED · Shadows and Ash: Afterburn · Out now
A kingdom of smoke and sand that collapses every time you stand. The shadows in your veins whisper you were born of pain. A song about the inner weight you can't outrun, and the struggle to prove it wrong.
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Credits
Artist: Fragmented
Album: Shadows and Ash: Afterburn
Album release: 3 July 2026
Label: Fragmented Music
Lyrics
I built a kingdom out of smoke and sand,
A monument collapsing every time I try to stand.
The mirror cuts in half-truth lines, rewriting my name—
A fading silhouette of me,
Held hostage by the weight I claim.
(held hostage… by the weight I claim)
Shadows in my veins
(Running wild in the dark)
Chasing thunder like a child
Never fearing the spark.
Can I outrun the fire
Or the ache I can't contain—
Or will the shadows in my veins
Still whisper I was born of pain?
(born of pain… pain…)
My heart's a broken clock,
Midnight frozen in its hands.
It steals the daylight grain by grain
As time slips through the sand.
(slips through the sand…)
A garden grows where sunlight dies,
Each bloom a secret wrapped in vines—
A quiet archive I still hide
(in my mind…)
I scream into the hollow skies,
Will this weight ever leave my eyes?
(LEAVE MY EYES!)
But the echo only answers
In the cadence of my breathing…
(in… my… breathing…)
Shadows in my veins
(Running wild in the dark)
Chasing thunder like a child
Never fearing the spark.
Can I outrun the fire
Or the ache I can't contain—
Or will the shadows in my veins
Still whisper I was born of pain?
(whisper… whisper…)
The road ahead's a fragile thread
Suspended by a trembling hand—
But even moons behind the night
Still rise with borrowed light.
(ONE MORE FIGHT!)
I am the fracture…
The fracture…
Within the frame…
BREAK.
ME.
OPEN.
(open… open…)
Tear the shadows from my veins
(TEAR THEM OUT!)
Let the hollow parts decay
(decay… decay…)
PULL ME THROUGH
THE PARADOX I MADE
(I MADE! I MADE!)
I. WILL. NOT. FADE.
(NOT FADE!)
Bend the light around my bones
'till the universe unfolds
(unfolds…)
Every shadow I outgrow
Still tries to take control
(take control…)
So tear me down — and build me clean
(BUILD ME CLEAN!)
If I'm a ghost inside my skin
Then teach me what it means to live
CUT THE VEINS
AND LET ME BREATHE AGAIN
(BREATHE AGAIN!)
CUT THE VEINS
AND LET ME RISE AGAIN
(RISE AGAIN! RISE AGAIN!)
Shadows in my veins
Still running through the dark—
Chasing thunder like a child
Reaching out to touch the spark.
No, I won't drown in the flood,
I'll break the chains that kept me in the rain—
And let the shadows in my veins
Become the strength I reclaim.
(I reclaim… I reclaim…)
