"Shadow Moses" is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. Written by vocalist Oliver Sykes, guitarist Lee Malia and keyboardist Jordan Fish, it was produced by Terry Date and featured on the band's 2013 fourth studio album Sempiternal. The song was released as the lead single from the album on 11 January 2013, reaching number 82 on the UK Singles Chart and number 2 on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.

One of the first songs written for Sempiternal, "Shadow Moses" features the use of the album's title several times throughout the song. The track is named after the main setting of the 1998 video game Metal Gear Solid, the closing theme of which is referenced in the song's opening vocal line. "Shadow Moses" was critically acclaimed upon its release and is one of the band's most frequently-performed songs at live shows.

"Shadow Moses" was originally written with the intention of possibly releasing it for free prior to the release of Sempiternal, according to Bring Me the Horizon vocalist Oliver Sykes, before management reportedly opposed the idea and encouraged the band to save it for the album. Both Sykes and drummer Matt Nicholls have described it as "the 'safest' track on the album".

The song's chorus features the line "Can you tell from the look in our eyes/We're going nowhere/We live our lives and we're ready to die/We're going nowhere", which upon its release in January 2013 Loudwire's Chad Childers claimed had "already worked masterfully as an audience call-and-response in the band's recent live performances". It also includes the title of the album in the phrase "This is sempiternal", which when linked to the "We're going nowhere" line produces "a rather dreary thought", according to Childers. The song features two references to the 1998 video game Metal Gear Solid – the title is a reference to the game's main setting, and the opening choral vocal line is based on "The Best Is Yet to Come", the game's closing theme (originally performed by Aoife Ní Fhearraigh).

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