The Demon in the Mirror
by Joshua_Damnit · Hip-Hop/Rap · Made with Suno · 1 play
The story behind this song
Just thinking about the dark thoughts that creep when your all alone and really thinking about things on a deep level.
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Lyrics
[Intro — spoken, low] Any idea how you fight a demon when it sleeps in your own skin? Look in the mirror, askin' for an enemy — and the enemy grins. [Verse 1] I used to think the devil lived in bottle caps and back roads In the deals after midnight and the weight a man hauls home Thought if I burned the bridges and I buried every vice The dark would pack its bags and finally leave my life But I got sober in the doorway and I stared down my own face And every sin I ever lived was livin' in my place [Chorus] How do you fight a demon when you gotta live with your sins? When the monster ain't under the bed — he's the man in your skin? I looked in the mirror for the devil tonight He looked right back with my own eyes Ain't no holy water, ain't no preacher's plan For a demon wearin' your own hands You don't win by killin' him — you win by standin' your ground And livin' every day with him... without layin' down [Verse 2] He knows every memory, got the keys to every room Knows which nights I'm weakest and which thoughts cut through He don't knock no more — he just sits at my table Feeds on every "almost" and every "if I was able" And the hell of it is, I fed him for years Every lie I ever told put another chair here [Bridge — building] So here's my answer, for whoever's askin': You don't fight him once — you fight him daily You name him. You look him in his borrowed eyes. You do the right thing with him watchin', and it starves him by inches Every honest day is a round I win He don't get the house just 'cause he lives in it [Verse 3] This mornin' in the mirror he was quieter than most Gray in his beard that matches mine — we age like ghosts I said "You can ride, but you don't drive, not anymore" He just smiled that smile that I wore before Maybe forgiven ain't a feelin', maybe it's a war — A thousand small mercies on a bathroom floor [Final Chorus] How do you fight a demon when you gotta live with your sins? You carry 'em like scars, not like chains on your skin I looked in the mirror for the devil tonight And for the first time, I didn't blink this time Ain't no holy water, ain't no preacher's plan Just a man, standin' taller than the demon in the man You don't win by killin' him — you win by standin' your ground And livin' every day with him... and never layin' down [Outro — soft] He's still in the mirror. So am I. That's the fight. That's every day. Saved. Pairs with "Fine by Mornin'" like two sides of the same night. "prompt" when you want it.