Cellblock Hex

Lyrics

[Verse 1] They took me in at dusk Cold cuffs, hard wrists My name on the paper Ink stain, red shift Concrete under my shoes Counting cracks in the floor I got one bunk, one sink And a shadow by the door The lights stay mean The air tastes iron I hear that old chain talk Like it wants me quiet I press my palm to the wall Feel the pulse in the stone Then a voice in the dark Says, "Boy, you ain't alone" [Pre-Chorus] I said, who are you? It laughed real low Said, look at your life Now look what you chose The vent started breathing The room got small And the devil in my cell Had my face on the wall [Chorus] Devil in my cell Devil in my cell He know my name too well Devil in my cell Devil in my cell We both gon' burn in hell Devil in my cell Devil in my cell He say, "Confess and tell" Devil in my cell Devil in my cell I shake, but I don't sell [Verse 2] He wore my regrets Like a chain on his throat Said, "I was in your pocket When you did that last stroke" He pointed at the bunk At the blood in my mind At the mama on the phone That I left behind He said, "You still got time If you want to crawl back" Then the floorboards moaned And the lock snapped black I seen my own eyes In his blackened grin Like the beast in the cage Was the beast within [Pre-Chorus] I said, get out my head Get out my chest He tapped on the glass Said, "Not quite yet" The shadows grew teeth In the crack of dawn And the devil in my cell Kept humming along [Chorus] Devil in my cell Devil in my cell He know my name too well Devil in my cell Devil in my cell We both gon' burn in hell Devil in my cell Devil in my cell He say, "Confess and tell" Devil in my cell Devil in my cell I shake, but I don't sell [Bridge] Then the siren hit And the dream split in two I woke with my hands cold Praying for truth If he ever come back I'ma meet him head-on 'Cause the worst thing in my cell Was what I brought along [Chorus] Devil in my cell Devil in my cell He know my name too well Devil in my cell Devil in my cell We both gon' burn in hell Devil in my cell Devil in my cell He say, "Confess and tell" Devil in my cell Devil in my cell I shake, but I don't sell