Demonella

from I Can't Believe It's Not Better (demos) by Yates Brown

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lyrics

i met her at the dance
her beautiful eyes were a wicked disguise
i heard somebody say they thought she wasn't well
old mr. hagan said that he heard she was born in hell

nobody knew where she was from,
when she'd appeared, why she had come
rumor was she was damned, i thought it a yarn
til i saw saw what she'd done behind the barn

close the blinds, lock the door
what was that on the second floor?
screaming out for sheriff mcgee, no one is believing me
light the lamp, climb the stair, someone's in the rocking chair
eyes of fire light the room, ruby lips, smile of doom

is it all just in my head, imagined in my bed
the lingering flicker of the candle when it's gone
i'm pulling up the sheets, find my sanctity beneath
in dreams of demonella

is it all just in my head, the fateful words she said
the dusty fade of photos in the drawer
the nightly pageant moving on with every coming of the dawn
& dreams of demonella fading more & more
was it all just in my head

the neighbors arrived, awakened by the din
but something told me not to let them in
i hollered through the door "everything is fine"
they said "open up", i said "no way, this demon's mine!"

now the voice at the door, sheriff mcgee
he says "you're coming with me" so authoritatively
crouched in the corner, i'm not giving in
the men in white coats with their needles closing in

break the lock, kick the door, what was that on the second floor?
in the parlor up the stair, dancing with my darling there
a smiling ghost of skin & bone twirling in a room alone
& now old mr. hagan talks
of the boy from hell & his wicked waltz

(chorus)