Devil on Your Back
Embrace the Light Within: Battling Devils, Finding Hope
Lyrics
Well, I don't know if it's in the Bible
Uncertainty about whether a concept is mentioned in religious texts.
You got a holy heart
Reference to a virtuous or pure heart.
There's a devil in the valley down below
Existence of temptation or challenges represented by the devil in a lower place.
And you keep falling back to the start
A recurring struggle or relapse to the beginning or a problematic state.
Hold your breath, somebody's coming
A sense of anticipation or caution, possibly related to approaching challenges.
Hold your breath, somebody's here
-Hold your breath, somebody's coming
-There's the devil on your back, worry on your mind
Description of burdens: devil on the back, worries, and the weight of the world.
Weight of the world on your shoulder
-Don't look back, don't waste time
-Everything's gonna be just fine
-Well, I don't know if it's on the table
Comparison to the narrator's past experience of vulnerability and heartbreak.
But I was once like you
-I held my heart out upon my sleeve
-And it came back broken in two
-Hold your breath, somebody's coming
Reiteration of the anticipation or caution from earlier.
Hold your breath, somebody's here
-Hold your breath, somebody's coming
-There's the devil on your back, worry on your mind
Reiteration of burdens, emphasizing that everything will be fine eventually.
Weight of the world on your shoulder
-Don't look back, don't waste time
-Everything is gonna be just fine, just fine, just fine, just fine
-Hold your breath, somebody's coming
Continuation of the sense of anticipation or caution.
Hold your breath, somebody's here
-Hold your breath, somebody's coming
-There's the devil on your back, worry on your mind
Reiteration of burdens and the encouragement not to dwell on the past.
Weight of the world on your shoulders
-Don't look back, don't waste time
-Everything is gonna be
-There's the devil on your back, worry on your mind
Final assurance that everything will be fine despite challenges.
Weight of the world on your shoulder
-Don't look back, don't waste time
-Everything's gonna be just fine, just fine, just fine
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