Naomi King - SHADOW (Music Video)

🖤 Shadow 🖤

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• Music video directed and edited by Naomi King •
http://naomikingofficial.com/
INSTAGRAM: naomikingofficial

• Director of Photography: Carlo Fortin •
https://www.carlofortin.com/fortinfilms
INSTAGRAM: fortinfilms

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I would like to acknowledge that this music video was filmed on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. (Vancouver, BC)

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LYRICS:

Out in the middle of nowhere I'm sure I'd be
Everything I've ever needed, inside of me

But when I'm surrounded by people I don't know, I start to be
When I'm surrounded I feel my Shadow taking me

I thought I knew what I wanted, I spent so long
Trying to break out of the box that I'd always known

But when I'm surrounded by people I don't know, I start to be
When I'm surrounded I feel my Shadow taking me
When I'm surrounded by people, well, I know, I start to break, oh
When I'm surrounded I feel my Shadow start to take control

I became what I had to so I could survive
Walking into the battle alone
She took over me, a mask to personality
Walking into the battle alone

And I ran from her, I spent years doing the work
Trying to become a person I'd love
And I didn't know how far I had come to grow
Until she came back

Out in the middle of nowhere, I found my peace
Everything I ever needed, inside of me

But when I'm surrounded by people I don't know, I start to be
When I'm surrounded I feel my Shadow taking me
When I'm surrounded by people, well, I know, I start to break, oh
When I'm surrounded I feel my Shadow start to take control

I became what I had to just to stay alive
I couldn't get through the battle alone