## **Demons I Have Heard at Night** Demons I have heard at night, Whispering beyond my door, Calling softly from the dark, Names I’ve never heard before. **Vo-o-o-oices…** *They are crawling through my mind…* **Vo-o-o-oices…** *Leave the waking world behind…* Shadows gather down the hall, Though I know I’m here alone, Something scratches in the walls, Something speaks in undertones. **Vo-o-o-oices…** *They are singing from below…* **Vo-o-o-oices…** *Things that I should never know…* Tell me why the mirrors breathe, Why my footsteps answer back, Why the faces in the glass Smile at me when all goes black. **Vo-o-o-oices…** *Every night they call my name…* **Vo-o-o-oices…** *Every mouth repeats the same…* Once I thought the sound was prayer, Angels singing from on high, Then I heard them laugh beneath Every word they sanctified. **De-e-e-emons…** *Wearing halos made of bone…* **De-e-e-emons…** *Swearing I am not alone…* Now the choir fills the room, Sweet as heaven, cold as death, Every voice becomes my own, Every hymn steals one more breath. **Vo-o-o-oices…** *I can hear them even now…* **Vo-o-o-oices…** *I don’t know which one is mine…* Morning comes but nothing leaves, Silence only makes it worse. For beneath my waking thoughts Someone softly sings the verse— **Vo-o-o-oices…** *From the darkness, from within…* **Vo-o-o-oices…** *And the hymn begins again…*
