Crying Devil

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Verse 1

I woke up in a body that I never chose

Teeth clenched tight around a name I cannot say

Something in my chest keeps chewing through the quiet

And every mirror shows a stranger wearing me

Pre-Chorus

Who built this skull

Who locked the door

Who left me here to rot

Chorus

The crying devil lives inside my ribs

He screams so I don't have to

The crying devil knows my every sin

And still he won't let go

Let go

Let go

Verse 2

My mother made a son she hoped would be a sun

Instead I grew a wound and fed it every year

I count the ways I failed before I count my breath

The arithmetic of everything I fear

Pre-Chorus

Who lit this fire

Who walked away

Who taught me how to burn

Chorus

The crying devil lives inside my ribs

He screams so I don't have to

The crying devil knows my every sin

And still he won't let go

Let go

Let go

guitar solo

Bridge

Maybe God is a child

Who forgot where he buried us

Maybe nothing is watching

Maybe that's the mercy

guitar solo

Breakdown

I am the wound and the knife

I am the wound and the knife

Bleed me out

Bleed me out

Chorus

The crying devil lives inside my ribs

He screams so I don't have to

The crying devil knows my every sin

And still he won't let go

Outro

Still he won't let go

Still he won't let go