I keep a quiet room inside my head

(whisper echo: inside my head)

Locked with satin, and a half-lit dread

(whisper: dread, dread)

The walls are painted with the words I never said

I smile like I’m living, but I’m dragging dead (mmm yeah)

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I whisper like I’m praying (praying…)

Begging you not to hear (don’t hear it…)

If the truth comes out (comes out…)

You’d never stay near (so near, oh)

My demons don’t show (don’t show, don’t show)

They hide beneath the seams (beneath the seams…)

They wear my quiet like a second skin (skin, skin, skin)

And laugh while I scream (while I scream… ohh)

No one believes the damage from the inside out (believe me now)

My demons don’t show (don’t show…)

And I keep falling (falling, falling) without a doubt

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Underneath my skin (skin, skin, skin)

The war begins again (again, again)

Every day, every night (night…)

And I can’t let you in (let you in, let you in)

Underneath my skin (mmm yeah)

It’s the same refrain (same refrain…)

Every breath that I take (take…)

It always wins (wins… always wins…)

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There’s a hollow in my chest (hollow…) that keeps the moon awake (mmm)

A million tiny reasons (tiny reasons) why I’m breaking in the break (breaking, breaking)

If I could hand you one of these scars, would you understand? (understand… ohh)

Or would you fold it in a drawer (fold it away…) like something in your hands?

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My demons don’t show (don’t show, don’t show…)

They hide beneath the seams (hide beneath…)

They keep me on my knees at night (on my knees, ohh)

They steal my quiet dreams (steal my dreams…)

You call me strong (strong…)

But you don’t know what I’ve been through (been through…)

My demons don’t show — but they show up every time I lose you (lose you, ohh lose you)

My demons don’t sleep (don’t sleep, don’t sleep)

They wake with every tear (wake with tears)

They tell me hope is nothing more than chains of fear (fear, fear, fear)

You see a man, but you don’t see the fire below (fire below…)

My demons don’t sleep — and they’ll never let me go (never let me go, never let me go…)

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They’re under the skin (skin…)

And they always win (win… win…)

Every fight, every breath, every scar, every sin (every scar…)

My demons don’t show (don’t show, don’t show)

But they always win (mmm they always win…)

(whispered left-right)

They always win…

They always win… (always…)