Killin' My Demons

[Verse 1] I spent too many years pointing fingers at the blame Found a hundred ways to numb myself and hide away the shame Let my anger do the talking, let my pride get in the way Hurt the ones who tried to love me, then I pushed them all away I got tired of that reflection looking back at me Had to face the ugly truth of who I'd come to be Getting clean was just the start, there was more I had to change 'Cause the hardest demons fighting me were running through my veins [Pre-Chorus] The worst things I was running from were buried deep in me Now I'm facing every demon that I used to let run free [Chorus] Chasing the high ain't the only demon I fight There's anger in my blood and some wrongs I gotta right There's pride I gotta swallow, there's blame I gotta own There's bridges that I burned and hearts I turned to stone I'm tearing down the parts of me I never wanna be Yeah, I'm killin' all the things that were slowly killin' me One battle at a time, becoming who I wanna be I'm killin' my demons... before they finish killin' me [Verse 2] I can't undo the damage or take back what I've done But I can quit pretending all my problems came from someone I'm learning how to listen instead of needing to be right Learning not to turn my anger into someone else's fight Every broken promise is a debt I gotta pay And saying that I'm sorry don't mean shit unless I change I can't ask for forgiveness while I'm living like before So I'm killing off the demons I don't wanna feed no more [Pre-Chorus 2] They still whisper from the shadows, trying to pull me underneath But every day I don't surrender, they lose another piece of me [Chorus] Chasing the high ain't the only demon I fight There's anger in my blood and some wrongs I gotta right There's pride I gotta swallow, there's blame I gotta own There's bridges that I burned and hearts I turned to stone I'm tearing down the parts of me I never wanna be Yeah, I'm killin' all the things that were slowly killin' me One battle at a time, becoming who I wanna be I'm killin' my demons... before they finish killin' me [Bridge] I looked my darkness in the eye And chose which one of us survives I ain't killin' who I used to be I'm killin' what was killin' me [Final Chorus] Chasing the high ain't the only demon I fight There's anger in my blood and some wrongs I'm making right There's pride I've learned to swallow, there's blame I've learned to own I'm rebuilding burned-out bridges and warming hearts I turned to stone I'm tearing down the parts of me I never wanna be Yeah, I'm killin' all the things that were slowly killin' me One battle at a time, becoming who I wanna be I'm killin' my demons... before they finish killin' me [Outro] They ain't all dead, but they're losing their hold Every day's another battle for the pieces of my soul I ain't killin' who I used to be I'm killin' what was killin' me Killin' my demons... (Demons... demons...) Killin' my demons...