[Verse 1] I slipped in late on a Sunday Boots still caked with red clay Sat in the back row quiet Prayin’ I could fade away The preacher spoke of mercy But my hands wouldn’t stay still They shook like fence-post wire In a hard wind over the hill [Pre-Chorus] I bowed my head real low But the truth kept callin’ me I’ve seen too much, done too much To act like I’m set free [Chorus] There’s demons in my soul Sittin’ in the pew There’s demons in my soul And they know me through and through I came for grace But guilt came too There’s demons in my soul Lord, what am I to do? [Verse 2] I wore a worn-out uniform And a silence like a stone Buried names I can’t forget In places no one knows I seen boys turn to shadows Heard the night go hard and thin Now every hymn sounds like a door I’m too scared to walk back in [Pre-Chorus] I keep my eyes on the cross Like it might look back at me I want to believe in clean hands But mine won’t let me be [Chorus] There’s demons in my soul Sittin’ in the pew There’s demons in my soul And they know me through and through I came for grace But guilt came too There’s demons in my soul Lord, what am I to do? [Bridge] If there’s a God who hears the broken If He knows a haunted man I’m kneelin’ here without a claim Just an empty, open hand [Final Chorus] There’s demons in my soul Sittin’ in the pew There’s demons in my soul And they know me through and through I came for grace But guilt came too There’s demons in my soul Lord, carry me on through
