Lyric discussion by envysinnocence 

Cover art for Shadow lyrics by Britney Spears

This song is about her having a boyfriend, an actual relationship boyfriend, and shes created this image of him, this person that she wants him to be and she eventually realizes shes only been with this shadow of him that she created and she didn't take the time to understand who he really was. Just a tragic case of one person wanting another one to be their perfect dream lover and end up hurt and dissappointed.

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