Devil With A Different Name

(Verse 1) They told me "Close your eyes, child, and whisper to the sky" But I was counting ceiling tiles and wondering why I spent a week shouting into a vacuum, to a wall Waiting for a signal, a whisper, a call. They called it "possession," they called it a spell When the hunger hit hard and the fever-dream fell Symptoms of a monster, tremors of "The Beast" While my secret circle gathered for the feast. (Pre-Chorus) "You're haunted," they whispered "something's inside your skin," But the "demon" was just the hunger kicking in... (Chorus) And It’s funny how "cursed" and "saved" look the same When you’re just a "devil" with a different name Mum would have screamed, the school would have prayed But the debt to the spirit was already paid. Possessed: By the craving, haunted: by the need A garden of faith, replaced by a seed Of something more visceral, something more real The taste of the blood, the turn of the wheel. (Verse 2) I traded the font for a copper vein A different kind of ritual to quiet the pain Why pray for a miracle, why beg for a sign? When the nectar of life is a shimmering line. Selective donors, a pact in the shade A brotherhood of blood, a temporary trade Seven years old and I’d seen the first drop Of a red-stained secret that wouldn’t quite stop. (Bridge) I stopped talking to the ceiling, stopped asking the air There’s no point in a dialogue when nobody’s there The pews are empty, the altars are bare But the hunger is honest, the craving is fair. [Guitar Solo] (Chorus) And It’s funny how "cursed" and "saved" look the same When you’re just a "devil" with a different name Mum would have screamed, the school would have prayed But the debt to the spirit was already paid. Possessed: By the craving, haunted: by the need A garden of faith, replaced by a seed Of something more visceral, something more real The taste of the blood, the turn of the wheel. (Outro) The silence is louder than the hymns they sing... I’ve found a new faith, a more tangible thing... Just a drop... Just a sip... Possessed by the truth I can taste on my lips. Now open your eyes... [End]