Never Wake My Demon

Lyrics

NEVER WAKE MY DEMON [Intro – whispered, dangerously close, almost no music] Listen to me… I didn’t kill my demon. No… I only taught him patience. Now he sits quietly in his kingdom, somewhere beneath my skin, watching… smiling… And every time someone tries to test the walls of my castle… he laughs. [a low, distant laugh] Never fool my demon. And never mistake my silence for weakness. ⸻ [Verse 1 – deep vocal, piano + dark synth] I learned to stand in silence when others came looking for fire. I learned to turn away when their hands reached for my boundaries. They call my silence peace because they cannot see the war behind it. They think my gates are open— but they don’t know what sleeps behind them. I wear no crown of gold, mine was forged from scars. Every stone inside my castle bears the name of an ancient war. And somewhere underneath it all there’s something I buried long ago. Not because I feared it… but because I knew what it could do. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus – strings slowly rising] So come a little closer. Take one more step. Put your hands against my walls. Look me in the eyes. Tell me again that my silence means there’s nothing left inside me… [silence] Say it. ⸻ [Chorus – massive drums, strings, dark choir] DON’T WAKE MY DEMON! He’s been sleeping far too long. He remembers every wound, every night that tried to bury me. DON’T WAKE MY DEMON! ’Cause when he opens his eyes, even darkness will remember why I never learned to fear it. I’m not harmless because I’m quiet. I’m not weak because I forgive. My demons aren’t gone— they’re waiting. For the right moment. ⸻ [Verse 2 – heavier beat, deep bass] You see a man standing before a castle, but you don’t see what lives below. You hear the calm inside my voice, but not the animal breathing underneath every word. I know the taste of betrayal. I know the nights without a dawn. I’ve sat at tables with my shadows and swallowed pain like poisoned wine. I never had to learn how to become darkness. I had to learn how to control it. Because monsters aren’t always born. Some are created by people who kept pushing… just to see how far they could go. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus II – tension building] You wanna know where my limit is? You wanna know when my patience breaks? Then keep going. One more word. One more step. One more door. But when you hear the growl… don’t run. By then, it’s already too late. ⸻ [Chorus – bigger, choir answering] DON’T WAKE MY DEMON! (Don’t wake him…) He’s been sleeping far too long. DON’T WAKE MY DEMON! (Don’t wake him…) You have no idea what you’re about to unleash. My silence was your warning. My mercy was your chance. But if you really wanna know what I’m capable of— knock one more time on my goddamn door. ⸻ [Bridge – everything drops; heartbeat + whisper] Shhh… Do you hear that? That’s not fear. That’s him. [deep breath] He’s moving again. You thought I defeated him? No… I taught him to listen to me. I taught him not every war deserves a battle. I taught him to sit inside the darkness… to watch… to smile… and wait. [long pause] But now… he heard your name. ⸻ [Breakdown – deep, threatening vocal] I am the one you never want to meet— not in the darkness, not in the fire, not even in your worst nightmares. Because there… at least… you can still wake up. [silence] Not with me. ⸻ [Final Chorus – apocalyptic orchestra, huge drums & choir] DON’T WAKE MY DEMON! Now the castle shakes, now the chains are breaking. Every shadow stands behind me. DON’T WAKE MY DEMON! You wanted to see the monster— NOW LOOK AT ME! I survived the darkness. I learned to command my fire. I never killed my demon— I TRAINED HIM. [Choir] WAIT… WAIT… WAIT… Until the hour comes. Until the walls fall. Until someone is foolish enough to mistake my silence for weakness. ⸻ [Outro – everything slowly fades; intimate whisper] So… go ahead. Test me. Come closer. Open the final door. Then you’ll feel it. Then you’ll see it. And maybe… just maybe… you’ll finally understand why my demon smiles every time someone looks at me and says: “What are you gonna do?” [quiet laughter] You should’ve let him sleep.