When I think of you in the city
The sight of you among the sights
Get this sudden sinking feeling
Of a man about to fly
Never kept me up before
Now I've been awake for days
I can't fight it anymore
I'm going through an awkward phase

I am secretly in love with
Everyone that I grew up with
Do my crying underwater
I can't get down any farther
All my drowning friends can see
Now there is no running from it
It's become the crux of me
I wish that I could rise above it

But I stay down
With my demons
I stay down
With my demons

Bats and buzzards in the sky
Alligators in the sewers
I don't even wonder why
Hide among the younger viewers
Huddle with them all night long
The worried talk to God goes on
I sincerely tried to love it
Wish that I could rise above it

But I stay down
With my demons
I stay down
With my demons
I stay down
With my demons
I stay down
With my demons

Can I stay here? I can sleep on the floor
Paint the blood and hang the palms on the door
Do not think I'm going places anymore
Wanna see the sun come up above New York
Oh, everyday I start so great
Then the sunlight dims
Less I look the more I see the pythons and the limbs
Do not know what's wrong with me
Sours in the cut
When I walk into a room
I do not light it up
Fuck

So I stay down
With my demons
I stay down
With my demons
I stay down
With my demons
I stay down
With my demons


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Demons Lyrics as written by Matthew Donald Berninger Aaron Brooking Dessner

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Histoire et Chansons, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    Official lyrics from album sleeve:

    When I think of you in the city, The sight of you among the sights, I get the sudden sinking feeling of a man about to fly. It never kept me up before, now I've been awake for days. I can't fight it anymore, I'm going through an awkward phase. I am secretly in love with everyone that I grew up with. I do my crying underwater, I can't get down any farther. All my drowning friends can see, now there is no running from it. It's become the crux of me, I wish that I could rise above it,

    but I stay down with my demons. I stay down with my demons.

    Bats and buzzards in the sky, alligators in the sewers. I don't even wonder why. I hide among the younger viewers. I huddle with them all night long, the worried talk to God goes on. I sincerely tried to love it. I wish that I could rise above it,

    but I stay down with my demons. I stay down with my demons. I stay down with my demons. I stay down with my demons.

    Can I stay here? I can sleep on the floor Paint the blood and hang the palms on the door. I do not think I'm going places anymore. I want to see the sun come up above New York. Every day I start so great and then the sunlight dims. The less I look, the more I see the pythons in the limbs. I do not know what's wrong with me, the sour is in the cut. When I walk into a room I do not light it up. Fuck.

    So I stay down with my demons. I stay down with my demons.

    flamebroiledchickenon June 08, 2013   Link

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