"Don’t stand in my shadow, let the sun warm a place of your own"

www.nikphillips.com.au/niklyrics.html

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Note added at 29 mins (2007-08-22 18:59:37 GMT)
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correction: forgot the "s" in shadows

stand in the shadows.

If Lurch* is a name then it would be:
"Don't stand in my shadow, Lurch!"

"You could stand in my shadow and you still couldn't see me here"
ww.ohhla.com/anonymous/dj_magic/rep/rep.mke.txt

"Dont you stand in my shadow cause when you do I take it personal"
www.actionext.com/names_h/human_nature_lyrics/don_t_cry.htm...


"Millions can relate to standing in someone else's shadow and never getting credit or the opportunity to come out into their own."
http://www.melinda-doolittle.biz/

This phrase can be taken positively or negatively.

...to stand in someone's shadow can mean not being noticed, hiding, not coming into their own light, lacking the confidence to come out on one's own, riding on someone else's coattails, lurking in the background, hanging on and not letting go....etc.

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Note added at 35 mins (2007-08-22 19:05:28 GMT)
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* Lurch = amphibian ?? therefore, it probably is a name....or the person who is saying, "Don't stand in my shadow" thinks the person they're saying it to is like an amphibian....cold blooded. ;-)