Lyrics
I felt it breathing underneath my ribsA starving thing with my name on its lipsIt scratched the walls while I learned to behaveNow it knows every prayer that I gave to the grave
I called it monster, but it called me childKept me alive when the world went wildEvery time I swallowed another screamIt sharpened its claws in the back of my dreams
I hear the cage start bendingI feel the red lights bloomSomething inside is kneelingNot to pray, but to consume
Demon’s fury, tearing through my veinsI fed the beast my fear, now it carries my nameNo more hiding the hunger I becameDemon’s fury —Set the whole dark aflame
I fed the beast my fearNow the beast fights for meI fed the beast my fearNow the beast sets me free
You wanted a ghost with her hands tied tightA pretty little wound that would never biteBut I made friends with the thing in the basementAnd it taught my silence how to make a statement
There’s blood on the door where the old me ranThere’s smoke in the shape of a shaking handI don’t need saving from the teeth I grewThey only came out when I had to get through
Let it out!Let it out!Let the buried animal breathe
Break the mouth!Split the ground!Drag the terror out of me
I am not the cageI am not the chainI am not the fearThat taught me pain
I am the growlI am the knifeI am the thingThat kept me alive
I fed the beast my fearNow the beast fights for meI fed the beast my fearNow the beast sets me free
Demon’s fury, tearing through my veinsI fed the beast my fear, now it carries my nameNo more hiding the hunger I becameDemon’s fury —Set the whole dark aflame
Demon’s fury, I can feel it riseLike a second heartbeat with volcanic eyesIf they call me monster, let them learn whyDemon’s fury —I was born to survive
The beast looks back from the mirror
Not as my enemy
As my oldest protector
And I finally stop flinching
