He Is Not Here - The Demon Inside Lyrics

In the halls of the mind where shadows reside
A battle begins no place to hide
He wore the suit of silence mask of control
But cracks formed deep in the depths of his soul
A gentleman refined with a well-tamed stare
Yet beneath the beast waits chained in despair
Time has weathered his defenses thin
The demon whispers "It's time to begin"
Like smoke through the keyhole I seep in slow
The host unravels as the shadows grow
He's losing grip can you hear the sound?
The devil's dance in the battleground
A marionette of flesh his strings unwind
Now I'm the master he's left behind
Gentleman's fall the demon's rise
A masked façade beneath the skies
The mirror cracks the truth will find
The beast inside now owns his mind
Yo I'm the ink that bled from his quill
The beast he hid when he climbed the hill
He fed me scraps of fear a bitter feast
But now the banquet's mine unleash the beast
I'm the smoke in his lungs the blood on his tongue
The unsung hymn where nightmares are sung
Every choice every lie every suppressed scream
I was the shadow puppeteer of his dream
He called it virtue I called it chains
But now the storm breaks unleash the rains
I'm the wolf in the sheepskin cloak
A silent curse the unspoken joke
The gentleman's gone he lost his throne
This mind's my castle my cursed home
The clock strikes twelve the pendulum swings
The beast ascends on fractured wings
His whispers turn into a deafening roar
The gentleman fades; he is no more
Gentleman's fall the demon's rise
A masked façade beneath the skies
The mirror cracks the truth will find
The beast inside now owns his mind
The suit lies empty the mirror's frame
The demon smiles no one to blame
A tale of balance a fractured tide
The gentleman lost to the beast inside