[Verse 1]
My pet, Satan, sleeps by my door
Tail like a match and a grin I ignore
He chews on my patience, rips up my plans
Leaves claw marks all over my hands
They are so evil, they know my name
Pace in circles like a live wire flame
One look and my steady turns bent
One bark and my nerves get spent
[Pre-Chorus]
Torment and torture, day after day
He got a cruel little twist in the way he play
I lock the gate, he slips through the cracks
Then I hear them laugh from the back of the black
[Chorus]
Satan on a leash
Still runs me ragged
Satan on a leash
Still leaves me battered
I try to stay calm
But they keep it savage
Satan on a leash
And I can’t manage
[Verse 2]
They love to stare like they own the room
Cold little eyes with a furnace doom
Bite my boot and steal my seat
Then act all sweet when the guilt gets deep
I laugh too hard, then I lose the thread
Mind goes shaking in my head
But when they curl up at my feet at night
Even the devil can feel like light
[Pre-Chorus]
Torment and torture, day after day
He got a cruel little twist in the way he play
I lock the gate, he slips through the cracks
Then I hear them laugh from the back of the black
[Chorus]
Satan on a leash
Still runs me ragged
Satan on a leash
Still leaves me battered
I try to stay calm
But they keep it savage
Satan on a leash
And I can’t manage
[Bridge]
If I break, they know
If I bend, they grow
So I bare my teeth
And I breathe real slow
One more growl
One more scar
My little nightmare
My blackened star
[Chorus]
Satan on a leash
Still runs me ragged
Satan on a leash
Still leaves me battered
I try to stay calm
But they keep it savage
Satan on a leash
And I can’t manage