Demons

You kept a chart on the kitchen wall
graded my days, called it love after all
Then one Tuesday you erased the score
same hands, same girl — you just closed the door
No fight, no warning, no reason why
You rewrote the rules and watched me try

Now I replay every word you said
Counting all the ways I could've bled
Heart on a trigger, hands on the wall
Waiting for the next thing to fall

Demons are real, they don't wear horns
They wear your face when the morning's gone
They get you hooked then they pull the floor
That's the license, that's the war
Demons are real — I know their name
Running like fire through my veins

I stopped texting back the ones who cared
Deleted numbers just to kill the fear
I watched you smile at strangers, sweet and warm
Then slam the door the second we got home
I lied for you in front of my own friends
Ran out of cover, you just lied again

Now every silence feels like a test
Counting exits, counting my breath
Hands are shaking, jaw is tight
I'm done asking if I'm right

Demons are real, they don't wear horns
They wear your face when the morning's gone
They get you hooked then they pull the floor
That's the license, that's the war
Demons are real — I know their name
Running like fire through my veins

You played the hero out in the light,
saving the world, win every fight —
behind closed doors a different man,
guilt as the leash in your right hand.
You don't get to wear both crowns.
I see the seams now. I see you now.

Demons are real, they don't wear horns
They wear your face when the morning's gone
They get you hooked then they pull the floor
That's the license, that's the war
Demons are real — I broke the chain

I'm clean.