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DEVIL'S IN YOU

AS I INHALE THE SPIRIT OF THE SMOKE
ALTERING MY CONSCIENCE BEFORE I EVEN CHOKE
TIME IS SPINNING UN-DECIDING
ALL THE FEELINGS I'VE BEEN HIDING
VANISH FOR A WHILE AND THEN
REALITY RETURNS
INVOLUNTARILY CONCENTRATING
FRIENDS OF MINE SEEM TO BE RELATING
LEAVING WITH A SMILE MY
REALITY RETURNS
IS WHAT I'M SAYING TRUE OR JUST A SONG
WHAT'S IT REALLY MATTER WHEN FOREVER IS SO LONG
WHAT IS REAL IS NOT MISLEADING
THE SCARS ARE NO LONGER BLEEDING
LAUGHING AT THE FEAR MY
REALITY RETURNS
MY MIND IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING
THERE'S NOTHING I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING
EVERYTHING IS CLEAR AND THEN...

WHEN YOU'RE ALONE ALONE IN YOU'RE ROOM
THAT'S WHEN I STRIKE I'M THE REAPER OF DOOM
ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN YOU TURN OUT THE LIGHT
I HYPNOTIZE YOU WITH MY POISONOUS BITE
AND YOU DON'T SEE ME BECAUSE I'M HIDING INSIDE OF YOUR HEAD
BUT NEVER FEAR I WILL APPEAR THE DAY YOU ARE DEAD
AND AS YOU'RE STANDING AMONG YOUR PIERS
I'M WHISPERING WORDS INTO YOUR EARS
AND WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF DOING WHAT YOU KNOW NOT TO DO
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN THAT THE DEVIL'S IN YOU
THE DEVIL'S IN YOU
NEVER AT PEACE
NEVER AT REST
YOU BELONG TO THE BEAST
YOU ARE POSSESSED
YOU'RE GOING TO CRY
WHEN YOUR TIME IS DUE
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE
WITH THE DEVIL IN YOU
LIFE IS FLEETING AND DEATH IS DEFEATING
AS YOU LOSE YOUR MIND
DO YOU WONDER WHAT WILL BECOME
WHEN YOU'RE LEFT BEHIND
AND DO YOU DOUBT THAT THERE'S A HEAVEN ABOVE
WHEN YOU'RE COLD AND SCARED AND ALL OUT OF LOVE
WELL THERE'S ONLY SO LONG YOU CAN USE AN EXCUSE
TO HIDE YOUR ABUSE

FROM YOUR MOMENT OF BIRTH
TO YOUR HOLE IN THE EARTH
YOU LEARN WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG
HOWEVER YOU PERCEIVE
WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE
WILL MAKE YOU WEAK OR STRONG
BUT AS YOU LEAN ON YOUR CRUTCH
YOU BEGIN TO LOSE TOUCH
OF HOW YOU THINK AND FEEL
TILL YOU'RE OUT ON YOUR OWN
IN A WORLD UNKNOWN
TO WHAT YOU ASSUME TO BE REAL
GIVEN THE CHANCE
TO CRAWL OR DANCE
AND THE WILL TO FALL OR FLY
YOU KNOW YOU CAN CHOOSE
TO WIN OR LOSE
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DIE
AND YOU'RE LIVING A LIE
NEVER AT PEACE
NEVER AT REST
YOU BELONG TO THE BEAST
YOU ARE POSSESSED
WHEN YOUR TIME IS DUE
YOU'RE GOING TO CRY
THE DEVIL'S IN YOU
YOU'RE LIVING A LIE

rough draft

                

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