[Verse 1]
I was prayin’ to the ceiling
got silence for an answer
Doctor said it’s in my head
like my brain’s a private cancer
Friends dip out when the storm hit
said they’d call, then they vanished
All that love turned to lessons
and the lessons left me damaged
Poppin’ pills in the bathroom
just to feel like I’m existin’
Mama knockin’ on the door
hear the fear in her whisperin’
“Baby, what are you runnin’ from?
Why you livin’ out a death wish?”
I just stared at my reflection
saw a stranger in the red rinsed
[Chorus]
My demons are my angels, and I got proof
they dragged me through the fire just to show me truth
Bled out on the gravel, thought I wouldn’t move
now I’m standin’ in the ashes like I can’t lose (yeah)
My demons are my angels, and I got proof
they taught me how to fight when the world went cruel
Tattooed all my trauma, turned it into fuel
if I’m breathin’ in the pain, I’m alive too
[Verse 2]
Voices in my head talk
late night, they get louder
Sayin’, “Boy, you ain’t enough,
why you think you deserve power?”
I was scribblin’ in a notebook
tears stainin’ every page line
Turned the curses to a scripture
made a gospel out of grey skies
You ain’t seen the things I’ve seen
dark rooms, cold floors
Prayin’ I don’t wake up
then I’m scared I won’t, torn
But every time I sank deep
something pulled me back slow
Maybe that was inner peace
wearin’ all-black clothes (yeah)
[Chorus]
My demons are my angels, and I got proof
they dragged me through the fire just to show me truth
Bled out on the gravel, thought I wouldn’t move
now I’m standin’ in the ashes like I can’t lose (can’t lose)
My demons are my angels, and I got proof
they taught me how to fight when the world went cruel
Tattooed all my trauma, turned it into fuel
if I’m breathin’ in the pain, I’m alive too (I’m alive)
[Bridge]
Every scar I tried to hide
became a roadmap out the night
Every tear I cursed as weak
watered roots I couldn’t see
If heaven never answers me
then hell gon’ make me hard to kill
If this hurt is all I get
I’ma bend it to my will (yeah)
[Chorus]
My demons are my angels, and I got proof
they dragged me through the fire just to show me truth
Bled out on the gravel, thought I wouldn’t move
now I’m standin’ in the ashes like I can’t lose
My demons are my angels, and I got proof
they taught me how to fight when the world went cruel
Tattooed all my trauma, turned it into fuel
if I’m breathin’ in the pain, I’m alive too (alive, alive)