[Intro instrumental | gentle piano | soft synth strings | slow build]

[Verse | Male]
I know just how to hide away
When the world feels far too wide
I know the words that never stay
And the tears I keep inside

[Verse | Female]
I know the silence after rain
The echo of a heart that’s bruised
I know how hope can feel like pain
When every dream’s been used

[Pre-Chorus | Duet harmonies]
But here we stand on fragile ground
Two strangers reaching through the dark

[Chorus | Duet | soaring harmonies]
And I don’t know how we do it
Turning shadows into forever
Out of whispers, out of embers
Lighting fires that burn together
I don’t know how you save me
When the night could pull us under
But we keep on believing
Turning shadows into forever

[Instrumental interlude | guitar solo | strings swell]

[Verse | Female]
I know the way your eyes can lie
When you’re scared to let me see
I know the moments we deny
Are the ones that set us free

[Verse | Male]
I know the touch that says “stay here”
Even when the words are gone
I know the heartbeat drawing near
Makes the silence feel like song

[Pre-Chorus | Duet harmonies]
And every fear we’ve carried far
Fades beneath this quiet spark

[Chorus | Duet | layered harmonies | big build]
And I don’t know how we do it
Turning shadows into forever
Out of broken, out of never
Building something we surrender
I don’t know how you hold me
When the storm is crashing over
But we rise above the lonely
Turning shadows into forever

[Bridge | Male lead | Female harmonies]
No map, no promise, no plan at all…
Just you and I against the fall…
And somehow love is standing tall…

[Chorus | Duet | full intensity | ad-libs | high notes]
Oh I don’t know how we do it
Turning shadows into forever
Out of nothing, out of always
Holding on through every never
And I’ll never understand it
How your heart can make me whole
But we’ll keep on making magic
Turning shadows into forever…
Into forever…

[Outro instrumental | piano fade | string swells | vocal oohs harmonies]