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A song by Carol Johnston
The Devil You Know
Family & Collaborations 4:15 Date:
A personal note from Carol
This song was written together with my son Joe. Without his inspiration, this song would not exist. His ideas and lyrics were the pathway that this song took, that's why it came out so cool.
— Carol
Lyrics
The gap behind me left me cold
An empty shell without a soul
But what or who? What can I do?
Frantically now, I'm in pursuit
He stole my soul
I felt it go
A touch and flow
Slipped out real slow
I felt it snap
I want it back
He turned and laughed
All dressed in black
His hat, his smirk, black trails behind
I trip on the tendrils, his laugh fills my mind
No matter how fast, my feet below
He's just out of reach, I feel so slow
I run
I run
I've just begun
He laughs
He's fast
His tendrils flow
I trip and slip
And look below
But in my hand
A tendril glows
The tighter I grip, the more he turns to light
This feels familiar, like making day from night
All these dark feelings, I know them so well
Inside my own heart, Is where they have dwelled
I'm reeling them in
Those tendrils of light
It's where they belong
I know it is right
It feels so familiar
Like part of my soul
Now that I've caught him
I know I am whole
I cannot deny that darkness was mine
I've turned it to light and truth is sublime
I cannot deny that darkness was mine
I've turned it to light and truth is sublime