Demons in My Bones

Intro

Ha—ha—ha, yeah

(uh, uh)

Verse

I carry a mouth full of ash and broken glass

Teeth that bite the moon, they bite the past

There’s a furnace in my chest that never cools

A parade of crooked teeth and barbed rules

They scratch at the lining, they laugh, they claim

Name after name, they spit my name

I wear their claws like a crooked crown

They feed on my quiet, they tear me down

Pre-chorus

I tried to lock the door, I tried to hide

But the barking in my head won’t sit aside (won’t sit aside)

I taste the rust, the dust, the salt of blame

They write the flames and call it my name

Chorus

Demons on my shoulder, demons in my bones (demons, demons)

Demons in the mirror and they always know (they always know)

Hate-full heart, hate-full hands, I can't let go (can't let go)

Demons on my shoulder, demons in my bones (ha, ha)

Verse

They whisper like machine drills through the night (no — no)

Turn my calm to war and my wrong to right

They chew on the edges of every promise I make

They turn my gold to rust and my bed to wake

I kick the walls, I spit the keys away

Every lullaby becomes a red relay

I feel their claws in the hems of my coat

They read my lines and they wrote my note

Pre-chorus

I tried to drown the noise under glass and wine

But the noise grew teeth and it learned to climb (learned to climb)

I taste the iron, the grit beneath the flame

They chant like judges, they play a game

Chorus

Demons on my shoulder, demons in my bones (demons, demons)

Demons in the mirror and they always know (they always know)

Hate-full heart, hate-full hands, I can't let go (can't let go)

Demons on my shoulder, demons in my bones (ha, ha)

Bridge

Uh—watch me split, watch me split (watch me)

I’m a cracked-up coin, I flip and spit

They want my name, they want my night

They want me broken, want me tight

But I grind my jaw, I pull the wire

Breathe in the ash, breathe out the fire (breathe out)

I scream a chant, I scream it loud

Not to the sky, but to the crowd

Chorus

Demons on my shoulder, demons in my bones (demons, demons)

Demons in the mirror and they always know (they always know)

Hate-full heart, hate-full hands, I can't let go (can't let go)

Demons on my shoulder, demons in my bones (ha, ha)

Chorus

Demons on my shoulder, demons in my bones (demons, demons)

Demons in the mirror and they always know (they always know)

Hate-full heart, hate-full hands, I can't let go (can't let go)

Demons on my shoulder, demons in my bones (ha, ha)

Outro

(uh) Ha—ha—ha, yeah

Let them talk, let them gnaw

I wear my scars like a law

(Ha) Demons in my bones, demons in my bones

(leave me) Demons in my bones