Penance

By Device

On Device

Released on March 27, 2013

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[Verse 1]

In the perfect dark, a botticellian angel exists

The elusive partner puts her key in my hand

A fairly simple gesture, shrouded in evil

As she distorts, it becomes easy to understand

Lost in her piercing eyes

As everything around me, dies


[Chorus]

Well, can you make the nightmares go away?

Can you pull the demon from inside?

Will penance make the nightmares go away?

And save me from this endless night


[Verse 2]

In the choking dark, I try to move, I'm unable

A hundred thousand moving creatures, tickle my flesh

I feel the heat, it's getting harder to breathe

I feel the panic taking hold, for I'm beginning to understand

The only way I'll be saved

Is if someone breaks into my grave


[Chorus]

Well, can you make the nightmares go away?

Can you pull the demon from inside?

Will penance make the nightmares go away?

And save me from this endless night


[Bridge]

Don't need it, don't want it

No more sedation, no more sedation

Don't need it, don't want it

Eradicate this endless aching

Don't need it, don't want it

No more sedation, no more sedation

Don't need it, don't want it

Eradicate this endless aching inside


[Chorus]

Well, can you make the nightmares go away?

Can you pull the demon from inside?

Will penance make the nightmares go away?

And save me from this endless night


[Outro]

Well, can you make the nightmares go away?

Can you pull the demon from inside?

Will penance make the nightmares go away?

And save me from this dreadful night

“Will penance make the nightmares go away?”
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The narrator wonders if atoning for his sins will allow him to deal with the guilt he faces over them.