Verse 1
Midnight crawling through the walls,
cold wind breathing down my spine.
Something wakes beneath my skin,
something ancient, something mine.
Every heartbeat feeds the fire,
every thought begins to rot.
I can feel him slowly rising
from the darkness I forgot.
Pre-Chorus
I tried to lock the door inside my mind…
but he was never left behind.
Chorus
There’s a demon in my veins tonight,
growing stronger in the dark.
Scratching, screaming through my bones,
like a shadow with a spark.
I can feel him taking over me,
hear him whisper in my head—
“There is no escape for you…
I will live where hope is dead.”
Verse 2
Broken mirrors on the floor,
show a face I barely know.
In the silence of my soul
I can hear his laughter grow.
Every scar and every lie,
every tear I tried to hide
built the throne he’s sitting on
deep inside where shadows hide.
Pre-Chorus
I feel his claws beneath my skin…
the deeper night is pulling in.
Chorus
There’s a demon in my veins tonight,
growing stronger in the dark.
Scratching, screaming through my bones,
like a shadow with a spark.
I can feel him taking over me,
hear him whisper in my head—
“There is no escape for you…
I will live where hope is dead.”
He placed a crown upon my head
and lit a fire in my heart.
No more chains, no more silent pain,
I won’t kneel or fall apart.
The demon who was born in me
has crowned the queen of the dark.
Bridge
Black fire burning in my chest,
poison running through my soul.
Every prayer I ever whispered
only helped him take control.
But something’s changing in the dark,
something colder in my eyes—
I’m not the one who used to kneel,
I’m the storm that now will rise.
Final Chorus
There’s a demon in my veins tonight,
but he’s not just chains and pain.
He’s the crown upon my head now,
he’s the thunder in my veins.
I won’t bow and I won’t break again,
I won’t bleed for someone’s throne—
the demon that was born in me
has finally claimed his own.
Outro – (slow guitars, haunting violins begin to play)
In my dreams the gates are opening,
black rivers start to flow.
He places shadows on my shoulders
like a crown of burning glow.
“Rise,” he whispers through the darkness,
“no more fear, no more disguise.”
And the girl who once was silent
now has fire in her eyes.
He crowns me in the endless night,
where broken souls all scream and swirl—
And in the depths of every nightmare
I become the Underworld’s Queen.
No chains left upon my spirit,
no voice left to silence me—
The demon didn’t come to break me…
He came to set me free.
1999
