[TITLE: DANCING WITH MY DEVIL] [Verse 1] I knew a man that answered every mirror with a lie Built a mansion out of pride while the basement learned to cry Every dollar bought a window, never opened up the view 'Cause the richest kind of poverty is not knowing what's true Mama prayed through empty rooms... Silence paid the rent Pops left a pair of boots I spent years trying to fit Every scar became a passport Every wound became a name Started feeding every shadow Till they all looked just the same I wasn't chasing money... I was chasing being seen Funny how the loudest diamonds Hide the quietest screams Everybody wants a crown Nobody weighs the gold Some chains shine brighter When they're forged inside your soul [Hook] Everybody dancing with a devil they designed Trading little pieces of tomorrow for tonight You can win the whole world Still lose your state of mind Some prisons never lock... They convince you that you're free [Verse 2] Every shortcut charged interest Every lesson had a fee Every time I blamed the darkness It was staring back at me Built my image like a temple While my spirit fell apart Painted halos on the ceiling Couldn't hang one on my heart Now the mirror asks questions That my mouth can't explain How you outrun your reflection When it's running in your name? Every victory felt borrowed Every loss became a seed Growing forests made of echoes Rooted deep inside of me [Bridge] The devil never needed horns... Just a voice that sounded mine. Never needed chains... Just another compromise. Never kicked the door... I invited him inside. Now I'm learning every monster Starts as something left denied. [Final Verse] So I dance... Not because the fire's gone, But because I finally know Which flames don't belong. The war was never in the streets... It was underneath my skin. The hardest soul to conquer Was the one I lived within. If Heaven feels far away... Maybe that's by my design. Every step back toward the light Begins with facing my own eyes. " Ghost Gang... Mad House Music..." And now the Devil follows me everywhere that I go In fact, I'm sure he's standin' among one of you at my shows And every Mad House cypher, listening to the Ghost flow He could be standing right next to you, and you wouldn't know The Devil grows inside the hearts of the selfish and wicked White, brown, yellow and black—color is not restricted, listening to Mad House Music resurrected You have a self-destructive destiny when you're inflicted And you'll be one of God's children that fell from the top There's no diversity because we're burning in the melting pot So when the Devil wants to dance with you, you better say never Because a dance with the Devil might last you forever [ Instrumental solos and fades away ]
