The Devil You Know

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