Koby J - The Man next to the Devil Lyrics

There was a man
He used to love harder then he hated
He used to reach further than he grasped
He used to speak softer than he hollered
Now he breathes harder than he gasps

You see he'd often talked to Jesus
But he never could understand
Why his 10,000 reasons
Never led him to better seasons

Now he hates harder than he loves
He pleads more often than he strives
Now he walks with a million deeming eyes
His work is often self deprived

He's always wished for a chance to see the sky
In the night to see the northern lights
But he'd always prayed for reason
He'd always wished for love
Never once did he think a season
Would lift a burden up
From the back he used to build his life
Where he thought he'd see her eyes
For a grand and final day and a vinyl to tell his old love tale

So now he hates harder than he loves
He pleads more often then he strives
Now he walks with a million deeming eyes
His work is often self deprived

And the flames that burnt within his eyes
No longer keep him in the sky
His friend he treats him as a guide
It must be the devil in disguise

Oh it must be the devil in disguise
Anxiety's his favorite place to hide
So many times that he had snatched his smile
He kept the man searchin for a while
Not a second thought had ever crossed his mind
Bout all the things that he had left behind
Relevance and a pair of pretty eyes
Kept him from what he still needed to find

So now he hates harder than he loves
He pleads more often than he strives
Now he walks with a million deeming eyes
His work is often self deprived

And all the flames that burnt within his eyes
No longer kept him in the sky
His friend he treats him as a guide
He knows its the devil in disguise

Now he knows its the devil in disguise
Yeah he knows its the devil in disguise
The man and the devil in disguise

The man couldn't seem to cut the tithe
But he knows its the devil in disguise
So he sits next to the devil and he cry's