Invent, Animate - Shapeshifter

Shapeshifter, an everchanging hue
Chromatic variance I can see right through
Sharpen your senses, blend with the backdrop
That obscures you
Concealed by fear

Hiding in plain sight
I can’t replace you, I never meant to
I regret to say you were one of a kind
Understand we share a bond that was left behind

Shapeshifter, no color looks like you
World turning grey
All you want is something new
Shapeshifter
Your color is burning out
I watched you fade away into decay

We stared at the Sun
Gazed into the haze until the colors faded
Into a shade of delusion
Drifting away, you traded doubt for fate
A sorry soul at stake
You’ve become another shapeshifter
I knew you by distance
You showed me there’s no love like loss

Count the seconds, recall the memories
Spindles descending from the calloused hands of time
You showed me there’s no love like loss

I regret to say you were one of a kind
Understand we share a bond that was left behind
Brothers who loved one another
We had a lot to lose, it shouldn’t have been you