LOCKED MY DEMONS IN THE BASEMENT I locked my demons in the basement Told them they should wait But they keep scratching at the concrete Preaching doom they fabricate Now they mutter curses backwards Turning silence into knives Plotting petty revolutions To reclaim their ruined lives Oh, they simmer in the darkness Whisper melodies of spite Guess I’m the landlord of my nightmares Collecting rent at night So burn, burn, burn in the cellar of my sins Where the light won’t crawl and the air grows thin Don't let the shadows consume you Don't let your bitterness ignite I will pretend I only heard my demons Crying faintly through the night They keep hosting wicked parties In the mold between the stones Throwing tantrums, gnawing secrets Rearranging all my bones Now they’re carving jokes in darkness Laughing at my shaken pride Drafting manifestos Claiming they belong outside Oh, they simmer in the darkness Brewing chaos in the night Guess I’m the warden of the madness I’ve refused to face outright So burn, burn, burn in the cellar of my sins Where the light won’t crawl and the air grows thin Don't let the shadows consume you Don't let your bitterness ignite I will pretend I only heard my demons crying faintly through the night So burn, burn, burn in the cellar of my sins Where the light won’t crawl and the air grows thin Oh, burn, burn, burn in the cellar of my sins Where the light won’t crawl and the air grows thin Copyright by STRANGEDT
