[Intro]

Regrets collect like old friends

Here to relive your darkest moments

I can see no way, I can see no way

And all of the ghouls come out to play

And every demon wants his pound of flesh

But I like to keep some things to myself

I'd like to keep my issues drawn

It's always darkest before the dawn

[Verse 1]

And I've been a fool and I've been blind

I can never leave the past behind

I can see no way, I can see no way

I'm always dragging that horse around

All of his questions, such a mournful sound

Tonight, I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground

'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn

But it's always darkest before the dawn

[Chorus]

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back

So shake him off, oh-woah

[Verse 2]

And I am done with my graceless heart

So tonight, I'm gonna cut it out and then restart

'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn

It's always darkest before the dawn

[Chorus]

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back

So shake him off, oh-woah (Shake him off)

[Bridge]

And it's hard to dance

With a devil on your back (Shake him off)

And given half the chance

Would I take any of it back? (Shake him off)

It's a fine romance

But it's left me so undone (Shake him off)

It's always darkest before the dawn (Shake him off)

(Oh-woah)

(Oh-woah)

[Breakdown]

And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't

So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my rope

And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope

It's a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat

'Cause lookin' for Heaven, found the devil in me (Oh-woah)

Looking for Heaven, found the devil in me (Oh-woah)

But what the hell, I'm gonna let it happen to me, yeah

[Chorus]

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back

So shake him off, oh-woah

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah

Shake it out, shake it out

Shake it out, shake it out, oh-woah

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back

So shake him off, oh-woah

[Outro]

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