Rain devours the neon glow,
the city smells like fear and smoke.
You pull your coat around you tight,
hear footsteps echo through the night.
Your breathing breaks beneath the haze,
you swear you’re lost inside the maze.
But every monster in these streets
knows my name before it bleeds.
Pre-Chorus
You turn around —
but I dissolve in smoke.
Just darkened eyes beneath the night,
a whisper at your throat.
Chorus
I’m the demon behind you,
walking every dark avenue.
You fear the shadows in my hands,
but I keep hell away from you.
You call me curse, you call me death,
run from me with every breath.
But when the whole world lets you fall,
I’m the shadow catching all.
Flickering lights and sirens cry,
your heartbeat cuts through midnight skies.
They wait for you behind the glass,
but none of them will ever pass.
I see the terror in your eyes,
every trembling spark ignites
a rage inside my cursed soul —
because you never really know…
Pre-Chorus
You turn around —
I vanish into black.
If you should ever see my face,
your heart may not come back.
Chorus
I’m the demon behind you,
walking every dark avenue.
You fear the shadows in my hands,
but I keep hell away from you.
You call me curse, you call me death,
run from me with every breath.
But when the whole world lets you fall,
I’m the shadow catching all.
Bridge
I hear you crying through the rain,
I slaughtered angels in your name
just so no hand could pull you down —
and still you fear me in this town.
Maybe I am the beast they warn,
the thing from legends twisted, torn.
But every time you make it home,
it’s because you were never alone.
Final Chorus
I’m the demon behind you,
silent in the midnight blue.
You run from every trace of me,
but I will never leave you.
And when the final sunlight dies,
when ashes swallow all the skies,
I’ll still be standing close to you…
hidden in the shadows too.
Xeno_BookDemon
