Better Demons

[Intro] Children so traumatized in the first years of life that they do not bond with other people. They are children who cannot love or accept love. Who could hurt or even kill without remorse. Could a great deal of this be demons? [Verse 1] We both know that there's a season A time and place to believe in The stranger's gonna come and we both need it To give this up right now [Pre-Chorus 1] And there's no easy way to say that we both changed The life we knew, well it won't ever be the same [Chorus] I'm just holding on to my better demons And I really need them not to fail me now I speak in tongues but I can never free them And my spirit weakens but I won't back down [Verse 2] No holy ghost, no holy spirit I'm on my own right now Do the angels sing if you can't hear them? Cause I don't hear a sound [Pre-Chorus 2] And there's no easy way to tell you that I'm gone [Chorus] I'm just holding on to my better demons And I really need them not to fail me now I speak in tongues but I can never free them And my spirit weakens but I won't back down [Interlude] [?] [Bridge] Leave me [?] on the clouds you wake On my own I'll face down all my enemies [Chorus] I'm just holding on to my better demons And I really need them not to fail me now I speak in tongues but I can never free them And my spirit weakens but I won't back down [Outro] In your nightmare what happens? I get really scared Where are you in the nightmare? What happens in the dream? I'm in my house upstairs And then what happens next? And then he comes upstairs and, um, hurts