Beat produced by Devize.
Recorded and mastered at Exodus 18:11 Studios.
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Story behind the song
One of the first songs I ever wrote and recorded was Wrestlin' With Demons - about the daily struggles in the inward spiritual battle between good and evil in the life of a Christian. Now, three years later I decided to write the second part, a continuation of the first, but with my experiences since then, and how I am progressing in the battle as I now stand. "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses." 1 Timothy 6:12
Lyrics
There was a time when the darkness fell
And my lips were alit with a spark from Hell
Gotta pray to the Lord through unable of course
My tongue couldn't move through the aches and the sores
What can I do with no respite in sight?
I sneaked out the window and left by the night
All alone now, where the words are my home now
Birthed below earth, still gotta go down
To find it was me dwelling on the threshold
An angel behind me yelling I should let go
But my soul was sold to the juices
Drunk and I slumped to the road of excuses
Still I drank as I sank into cursed lies
But not the first time, mine was the worst life
My soul hurts, my throat thirsts
And my angel just weeps cos he's never known worse
(They play and they play and they say I can stay)
The demons have got me
This time they've got me
The demons have got me
Wrestlin' with demons part two
It's hard to look deep into sin when the people are inns
With an angel sign without but a demon within
As a landlord, what's the cause that I stand for
And stand tall, what was reform in this land for?
The mud mounds rose as we cut down groves
I'm a Christian cos I got a beard and sandals?
And the best book to read is the, it's got the seed
People believe and they're really needing the
Light of the Gospel, the life of the Gospel
Reading as I wak cos it's the light of the Apostle
Now tradition is dimishing, it's finishing
But they've got it wrong, it's just the parts that got religion in
The Law must upstand, as it gnaws at my hands
Condemns me and sends me to fall in the sands
And there's a breach upon me, I'll say they didn't warn me
But then I'll be forsaken when I meet my Maker shortly
(They play and they play and they say I can stay)
The demons have got me
This time they've got me
The demons have got me
Wrestlin' with demons part two
So they left me with a traditional heritage, I'm guessing it
Was left me with and by the evil minds of the heretics
No I'll never quit - it's what I'm here for
And I'll always keep it raw because there'll always be a cause
I'm reading John Newton, I'm going once through 'n
I'm of a Puritan mind, you'll find I'm not choosing
It's not too rough, it's not too tough
And I won't tone it down until George Whitefield does!
Honesty is lost, too many plots, too many shot
Throat choked on it's hope as the rope locked
These are my last words, this is my last verse
From my heart, my mind, whichever passed first
The funeral's cold, it's humbling souls
My tomb isn't gloomy, the church is aglow
Singing hymns, my bone's shivering
From finding the one place my soul isn't in
(They play and they play and they say I can stay)
The demons have got me
This time they've got me
The demons have got me
Wrestlin' with demons part two