Chasing Shadows
Deep Purple - 1969

 
(Lord/Paice)

Chasing shadows, over my walls
with myself hardly sleeping
Dwarfs and giants, twenty feet tall
fill the room with their creeping

Sounds of breathing sharpen my ears
then they fade into nothing
Someone's laughter out in the street
fills the night with their loving

   I feel the ice in my head
   Running its hands through my bed
   Not even dreaming I seem to be dead
   Colours of yellow and colours of red

All I'm asking some secret voice
is to lead me to darkness
I'm so tired, dawn never comes
I just hide in the shadows