The monsters all fled from under my bed

Now they're downtown walking the streets

Bible in my hand, Bible in the nightstand

Swear the devil lives in the black screen

It's easy to fold, to fall

To throw your hands up and join 'em all

Hard to be a light, hard to be alone

Hard to keep fighting in a world that ain't home

Tryna stay kind, tryna find hope

Lotta lost children tell you how to act grown

Drink up all the poison in your cup

Chains make you think you're free

Maybe I can't change the ways of this world

But I won't let the world change me

Money and sex, will of the flesh

Tell a man they can do no harm

Pull him in close, let him think he's in control

That's how they put a hole in his heart

It's easy to fold, to fall

To throw your hands up and join 'em all

I wake up in a sweat to the devil and his friends

Saying: Good luck getting through the dark

It's hard to be a light, hard to be alone

Hard to keep fighting in a world that ain't home

Tryna stay kind, tryna find hope

Lotta lost children tell you how to act grown

Drink up all the poison in your cup

Chains make you think you're free

Maybe I can't change the ways of this world

But I won't let the world change me

I won't lay down

Not then, not here, not now

I'll stand my ground

Those feet ain't where I bow

I won't lay down

Not then, not here, not now

I'll stand my ground

Those feet ain't where I bow

So drink up all the poison in your cup

Chains make you think you're free

Maybe I can't change the ways of this world

But I won't let the world change me

Maybe I can't change the ways of this world

But I won't let the world change me

No, I won't let the world change me