Demons

The National · Trouble Will Find Me [2013]

When I think of you in the city,

The sight of you among the sites.

I 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.

But I stay down,

With my demons



Passing buzzards in the sky,

Alligators in the sewers.

I don't even wonder why,

Hide among the under views.

Huddle with them all night long,

The worried talk til god goes on.

I sincerely tried to love her,

Wish that I could rise above her.



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

I stay down,

With my demons



Cannot stay here I can't sleep,

on the floor.

Drink the blood and hang the palms,

On the door.

Do not think I'm going places anymore,

Wanna see the sun come above New York.

Oh, everyday I start so great,

Then the sunlight dips.

Less I've learned,

The more I see the pythons and the limbs.

Do not know what's wrong with me,

Sours in the cup.

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