Devil Inside

Desperate as I am to appease you,
Independent of how hard I try
Suspicions float up to the surface
Clouding your mind when it's full of the sky
Obscuring the truth in my eyes
Granted, you see what you want to see
Revealed through a filter of foggy frames
A distorted image of me
Paranoia and suspicion reigns
However hard I fight to get through
You swing away like a pendulum whenever I get close to you

You think you know what I'm holding
Hidden away in my core
Perhaps you're wrong about it all
Although you never ever can be sure
Really, I'm not to be trusted
Given what you want to believe
Occluded as your vision becomes as it's increasingly
Corrupted by a cruel disease
Suspicion, paranoia reigns
In your mind no matter what I do
Desperate to assure you that my heart is true

My deeds have been pure
Oh, you want to exorcise the devil inside
Cast me as the grand betrayer
Never have I had a single thing to hide
Every page, an open book for you
Do you want to throw away all we've been through?

No, you don't know what I'm thinking
Understand me when I say
Love is resilient, love is forgiving
Long as I do for the better days
Everything is out in the open
X-ray my heart if it will help you see
Anything to make you feel at ease

My deeds have been pure
Oh, you want to exorcise the devil inside
Cast me as the grand betrayer
Never have I had a single thing to hide
Every page, an open book for you
Do you really want to throw away all we've been through?