“The Devil Owes Me Sleep”
[Intro]
[Music: Single electric guitar with heavy reverb. Deep heartbeat kick. Ambient synth. Thunder rolls underneath.]
I’ve counted every crack across this ceiling…
Every one knows my name.
The clock says morning’s getting closer…
But my demons don’t punch a timecard.
[Verse 1]
[Music: Acoustic guitar joins with soft tom drums. Bass enters halfway through.]
The house is quiet…
My mind’s a riot.
Every regret keeps kicking my door.
Every lie…
Every goodbye…
Shows up wanting one round more.
I buried memories six feet deep…
Somehow they learned how to breathe.
[Pre-Chorus]
[Music: Strings slowly rise. Snare builds with each line.]
I’m tired of wrestling shadows…
Tired of making peace with ghosts.
If Heaven’s keeping score…
Hell’s been working overtime.
[Chorus]
[Music: Full band crashes in. Wide guitars. Big drums. Layered harmony.]
The devil owes me sleep…
He’s borrowed every dream I’ve tried to keep.
He cashes every broken promise…
Charges interest on my peace.
I’m still standing…
Still breathing…
Still too stubborn to admit defeat.
The devil owes me sleep…
And one day…
I’m collecting every minute back.
[Verse 2]
[Music: Palm-muted guitars with driving bass.]
The mirror keeps introducing…
Versions of me I barely know.
Some wore handcuffs…
Some wore halos…
Most just survived another road.
I’ve worn guilt like winter skin…
Till I forgot where I ended…
And it began.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
[Music: Add choir pad beneath vocals. Cymbal swells.]
Maybe tomorrow finally forgives me…
Maybe sunrise changes everything.
Or maybe…
Strength is getting up…
Even when nothing changed.
[Chorus]
[Music: Bigger guitars. Higher harmony.]
The devil owes me sleep…
Every midnight that he stole from me.
Every battle fought in silence…
Nobody else could ever see.
I’m still bleeding…
Still healing…
Learning scars don’t make me weak.
The devil owes me sleep…
One day…
That debt comes due.
[Bridge]
[Music: Everything drops except piano and strings. Slowly rebuild with distorted guitar.]
I quit asking…
Why life picked me.
Storms don’t apologize…
Neither do survivors.
If darkness knows my first name…
Then light can learn it too.
Tonight…
I stop running.
Tonight…
I make the darkness blink first.
[Final Chorus]
[Music: Biggest section. Double guitars, crashing cymbals, soaring harmony.]
The devil owes me sleep…
But he never owned my soul.
He can shake these walls…
He can’t shake who I’ve become.
Every nightmare…
Every sunrise…
Built another piece of me.
The devil owes me sleep…
But I already stole…
My life…
Back.
[Outro]
[Music: Instruments fade until only acoustic guitar and soft piano remain.]
The clock finally quits arguing…
Morning walks through my window…
For the first time in forever…
My eyes close…
Before the darkness does.
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