(Verse 1)
It starts as a tremor behind my eyes,
A low hum, a cold breath leaking into my spine.
The demon doesn’t roar —
It waits.
Patient as rust,
Searching for somewhere soft to grow.
(Pre-Chorus)
I hear it pacing in the marrow,
Dragging its claws across old wounds.
But I’ve learned the pattern of its footsteps,
And tonight I do not flinch.
(Chorus)
I walk into the dark with my hands open.
If the demon wants me, let it speak.
I will not kneel,
I will not close my eyes.
I lay my fear bare—
and watch it break.
(Verse 2)
It whispers in shapes I almost recognize,
Stealing the meaning from familiar rooms.
Its voice sounds like mine
When I’m too tired to fight it,
A parasite mimicking the host
To slip through the cracks.
(Pre-Chorus)
But I’ve carved truth into my ribs,
Left messages for myself in the scars—
So when the shadows shift
I remember where I end
And where it begins.
(Chorus)
I walk into the dark with my hands open.
If the demon wants me, let it speak.
I will not kneel,
I will not close my eyes.
I lay my fear bare—
and watch it break.
(Bridge)
No shouting.
No holy fire.
Just breath against the void.
Just the slow, deliberate act
Of refusing to sink.
The demon feeds on silence
So I name it
Until it starves.
(Final Chorus)
I walk into the dark with my hands open,
Not fearless, but unhidden.
I face the thing that hunted me
And feel its hold decay.
In the quiet war,
I win by staying.