Chasing a shadow

from Alchemy by Dave Calandra

	/

Buy the Full Digital Album
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
4 panel digipak

Includes unlimited streaming of Alchemy via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 5 days

Purchasable with gift card

$25 AUD or more

lyrics

Chasing A Shadow
Like chasing a shadow I see from afar, I walk in your footsteps to know who you are
Looking for something that I'll never find, and piecing together your life in my mind

I walk the streets of your old hometown, take in the sights and take in the sounds
I'm thirty years late but you're still everywhere, I reach out for you but I'm just grabbing air
Picture and stories, all I remember, faded by time, so long ago
All those questions I wish I could ask you, all those answers I'll never know

When I was younger, I didn't need you, life was easy, times were good
Now I'm older, wish I was wiser, wish you'd taught me all that you could
Maybe I'm stronger, maybe I'm colder, either way I'm still on the run
Made my own way without a father, gave my best at being your son

All life comes and goes, all hearts overflow
Miss you now more than then, wish I knew you as a friend

When I out on a limb and I need you around, when I'm taking a fall or losing my ground
I know that you're here, helping me through, but there's nowhere to turn when I'm turning to you

Like chasing a shadow I see from afar, I walk in your footsteps to know who you are
Looking for something that I'll never find, and piecing together your life in my mind
All life comes and goes, all hearts overflow
I miss you now more than then, wish I knew you as a friend

credits

from Alchemy, released February 2, 2006

license

about

Dave Calandra Sydney, Australia

davecalandra.com

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact Dave Calandra

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

Dave Calandra recommends:

Where Are You Now?
by Geoff Baker

Geoff is a very fine songwriter who lives and breathes music.... check it out :) Dave Calandra
go to album

If you like Dave Calandra, you may also like:

The Edge of the Land
by Katie Spencer

Spencer's indie folk sophomore album was recorded live in the studio over the course of two days. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2022
go to album
A Place Like Home
by Mr. Alec Bowman_Clarke

The new EP from Scottish songwriter Alec Bowman_Clarke goes deep, setting vulnerable lyrics to gentle melodies & stripped-back arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 30, 2021
go to album
I Used To Be Sad & Then I Forgot
by Mr. Alec Bowman_Clarke

Alec Bowman perfectly captures the dark soil under the pastoral world of British folk with this collection of melancholy originals. Bandcamp New & Notable May 12, 2020
go to album
For She Who Hangs The Moon
by David Luximon

Expansive music that has the gentle hush of ambient and the insistent pulse of post-rock; enveloping and absorbing. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 5, 2018
go to album
Sorry I'm So Sensitive
by Bea Stewart

The second EP from Northern Irish singer-songwriter Bea Stewart runs from gentle folk to pillowy pop ballads, all perfectly executed. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 15, 2024
go to album