Shadow Walk Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sillybunny 

Cover art for Shadow Walk lyrics by Lene Lovich

An absolutely delightful song from Lene—who I always knew of as Lenny because it’s what her grandmother called her. Ran into her grandmother but not Lene. What’s missing here are the whoo-oo-oo-oo-oos that make this song so cool.
And I am sb’s delightful—a matter of opinion with others who’ve run into me—shadow walk partner—doing the concurrent entity thing with her. I absolutely adore going back to the early days when I had just arrived—what an impossible little spitfire … I showed up to be her bodyguard but ended up asking her if she would be my bodyguard—made so much more sense. I keep thinking she’s got balls tucked away in some hiding place I haven’t found yet. And why do I rhyme with her? Just to drive her nuts. Still, I do have to depend on her to make me move. [She rolls her eyes] You’ve managed to find your way around that minor obstacle in the past, so I know you know how to do it. We’re teasing, of course. Are we? We could pretend we are. Okay, but I’d rather play hide and seek. How do we do that? Thought you’d know. Thought you knew everything. You act like you do. Oh that’s just me. Part of my charm …and oh yeah, the song’s meaning? We could breathe the lyrics ….