[Intro – whispered, distorted piano / low static]
I taste iron in my breath…
My shadow’s grown claws…
Every tear I’ve shed has turned black.
Do you feel it crawling?
The heat under your veins…
It’s not whispering anymore — it’s screaming.
I’ve hidden it long enough.
Now it’s breaking through the cracks…
And it’s not stopping.
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[Verse 1 – soft, haunted vocals, echo reverb]
I’ve walked through the embers, cut my feet on stone,
Every mirror I touch shows me alone.
Every prayer, every hope, every mask I wear,
Falls apart in the smoke-filled air.
I feel the weight of every word I’ve lied,
The ashes of promises buried inside.
I’ve built walls from my pain, braced by shame,
A cathedral of ruin — carved in my name.
A thousand voices rise but they’re all my own,
Screaming confessions I’ve never shown.
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[Pre-Chorus – building intensity, heartbeat sample]
It’s louder now…
The devil’s voice inside me, it won’t let go.
It tells me I’m broken,
It tells me I’m whole.
And I believe it.
I am the fracture in the floor,
The echo of every war I’ve fought before.
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[Chorus – heavier, layered guitars / low choirs]
The devil cries in me,
And I don’t know why I let him breathe.
Every heartbeat bleeds, every thought decays,
The devil cries in me —
And I’m too weak to walk away.
The fire is eating through my core,
My reflection cracks and splinters more.
I’ve tried to run, I’ve tried to hide,
But the shadows I birthed won’t be denied.
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[Verse 2 – darker, aggressive delivery, layered screams]
I scream into walls, my own voice replies,
Every prayer I’ve made was another disguise.
The shadows crawl closer, they know my skin,
They’ve watched every war I’ve lost within.
The floors tremble beneath my feet,
The ceiling hangs heavy with all my defeat.
I claw at the chains in my mind,
Hoping someone — anyone — might find
The fragments of me I left to burn,
The ghost of the man who’ll never return.
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[Bridge – whispered madness, echo swirling, ambient chaos]
I am the storm… I am the pain…
I am the fire they could not contain…
I am the echo behind your door…
I am the truth you ignore…
I am the devil crying in me…
I am the shadow that lives in your sleep…
I am the weight of every sin…
The reflection of every scar within.
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[Chorus 2 – heavier, screamed / layered]
The devil cries in me,
And I don’t know why I let him stay.
Every heartbeat bleeds, every thought decays,
The devil cries in me —
And I’m too weak to walk away.
It claws inside me, consuming, alive…
The last flicker of me starts to die.
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[Outro – fading piano, whispers, static crackle]
He’s in my chest…
He’s in my blood…
The devil cries…
And I am him.
Forever awake, forever mine…
And still… he stares back…
The fire never ends…
And neither do I.
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