Note: I do not own the Harry Potter characters. Some characters will be mine. If this story is similar to any other then I apologize for it's purely coincidental.

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I welcome the comfort of darkness. It takes away the memories, takes away the thoughts that torment me, and leaves me in blessed emptiness. I always thought that it would be the light that would comfort me, the light that would take away the pain. But just like all other things, I was wrong. They didn't care; I'm just their pawn in the fight for power. They kept me in the dark for years. Keeping secrets from me. I just did what they told me. I never questioned why. I didn't understand it back then, the fool I was. I was blind to everything around me. They kept me locked away from the rest of the world, claiming it was for my own protection and I believed them. They did do it for my best interests…..didn't they?

Look at me now, a shadow of the man I used to be
Look through my eyes and through the years of loneliness you'll see

To the times in my life when I could not stand to lose, a simple game
And the least of it all was the fortune and the fame
But the dream seemed to end just as soon as it had begun, was I to know?
For the least thing of all that was on my mind, was the close at the
End of the show
The shadow of a lonely man, feels nobody else
In the shadow of a lonely, lonely man

My innocence and my willingness to trust is where I was brought down. I was kept from the world so that I won't find out the truth. But I found out and suddenly I could see, I could open my eyes to the truth, and now I have a chance to escape. A chance to escape the clutches of the "light", a chance to escape their accusing stares, the whispers that follow me and the pain. Let them fight without me. Their lives are not my concern anymore.

I can see myself

(looking out of nowhere, looking out of nowhere)

But the sounds of the crowds when they come to see me now, is not the same
And the jest of it all is I can't recall my name
But I'll cling to a hope till I can't hold on anymore, anymore
And for all the acclaim I am all alone and I see as I look through the door

The shadow of a lonely man, there's nobody else
In the shadow of a lonely, lonely man
I can see myself

Look at me now, a shadow of the man I used to be

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