• The Devil You Know

    I thought I knew you.
    So many years running circles
    around each other like vines.
    I learned to listen to the truth.
    People tell you who they are.
    We hear what we want in those times.
    There is something peering out from your eyes.
    A horrible place that's hard to unwind.
    We kill our own kind.
    We kill our own kind.
    Nature makes many
    animals that murder.
    It is our mind
    that makes it crueler.
    So there you are.
    The Devil I know.
    Light up all you meet.
    With a synthetic glow.
    A cross around your neck.
    A cross tattooed above your elbow.
    He looks good so he must be.
    A fresh piece of hell wearing
    heaven's sheet.
    I hear you like a lion's rumbling.
    Wanting my love so you can destroy me.
    There is something peering out from your eyes.
    A horrible place that's hard to unwind.
    We kill our own kind.
    .We kill our own kind.
    Nature makes many
    animals that murder.
    It is our mind
    that makes it crueler.
    So there you are.
    The Devil I know.