I tried to drive the devils out, But they weren't having it at all, I tried to tell them to leave, But they just make themselves at home, My ship is sinking in a sea that's filled with all my short comings, I'm all I didn't want to be, So you should stay away from me.
I've laid new paths down your crooked spine, With these hands of mine, these hands of mine.
Like a child runs to its mother, I call to you for help, And you picked me up, and took me in, And told me that the world was mine if I'd reach out and take it but, I just didn't understand, I followed blindly and devoured every word you said. And now I lay here, my body broken, Just like the promises you made to me.
I swear if you forget me, my breath won't stop, I only pray that you'll remember what our hands have wrought, If you just think of all the life our bodies have brought, And a child is a child whether we know it or not.
I kept your voice inside my head, But it just wouldn't let me rest, I hide your words inside my ears, But they began to disappear, They threw themselves against my teeth, But I just couldn't let them leave, Forever in my head they'll shout, My God, please drive the devils out.