[Verse 1]
Found you at the gate
With a red rope tied
Tiny hands, sharp grin
Black mud on your eyes
I made a bed of nails
You made it a throne
Ten-year sentence, baby
Now the house is your home
You bit the moon once
Laughed with your whole jaw
I learned your hunger fast
I learned your little law
[Pre-Chorus]
Count the scars on the wall
Count the bones in the hall
I stay when the air turns cold
I stay when you call
[Chorus]
My little demon, stay
My little demon, grow
Ten more years with you
Through the fire below
My little demon, stay
My little demon, run
If the world wants you dead
It will answer to me, son
[Verse 2]
School bag full of smoke
Lunchbox full of teeth
You drew horns on the fridge
Then smiled under your sleeve
I patched your torn black coat
Sealed your bedroom door
You said, "Papa, one day
I'll shake the whole floor"
The neighbors heard you sing
Like a chain in rain
I told them, "Mind your porch
Don't call his name"
[Pre-Chorus]
Count the cracks in the glass
Count the nights that passed
I stayed when the walls shook hard
I stayed and I laughed
[Chorus]
My little demon, stay
My little demon, grow
Ten more years with you
Through the fire below
My little demon, stay
My little demon, run
If the world wants you dead
It will answer to me, son
[Bridge]
[Trumpet Solo]
You and me in the ash
Two shadows, one scar
I raised a small apocalypse
And loved you from afar
[Breakdown]
Hush now
Claw on the door
Hush now
I’ve seen worse before
Hush now
Break the chain
Hush now
Call my name
[Final Chorus]
My little demon, stay
My little demon, grow
Ten more years with you
Through the fire below
My little demon, stay
My little demon, run
If the world wants you dead
It will answer to me, son
My little demon, stay
My little demon, grin
I held your bloody hand
Now let the years begin