Laying The Demon To Rest-Theocracy

[ti:Laying The Demon To Rest] [ar:Theocracy] [al:Mirror of Souls] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Laying The Demon To Rest - Theocracy [01:35.50]As I sit alone and tired with time to spare [01:40.52]Temptation rears its ugly head [01:44.61] [01:45.98]Born from a deceptive dream into a nightmare [01:50.68] [01:51.83]It calls to me again [01:55.16] [01:56.88]Testing me to see if I will break this time [02:01.54] [02:02.12]Or at least how far I'll bend [02:05.87] [02:07.48]I can see its glowing eyes and hear its evil cries [02:12.51] [02:13.06]Come dance with me my friend [02:16.87] [02:40.16]So the things that I want to do [02:43.68] [02:44.46]I find myself not doing [02:46.60]But the things that I don't want to do [02:49.58]I fall into [02:51.02] [02:53.52]Why [02:54.06] [02:55.23]Why do we struggle with the former things [02:58.26]And live in our own power below our means [03:01.56] [03:12.30]War [03:13.07] [03:13.58]Don't you understand this is war [03:14.99] [03:16.64]War with the principalities and powers [03:19.93]Things unseen that would devour us all [03:23.02] [03:24.38]The spirit battles the flesh [03:25.59] [03:27.29]And now my wounds are deep [03:28.88]And torn wide open [03:30.57]I'm tired and weary hurt and broken down [03:33.56]Lead us not [03:36.54]Into temptation [03:38.63]But deliver us [03:42.11]From the evil one [03:44.15]Darkness falls [03:47.58]On my spirit again [03:49.46]Again temptation calls [03:52.80]I can hear it [03:54.40] [03:55.52]As the battle rages on and on [04:00.36]I face the things that put my faith to the test [04:05.64]When fallen angels won't leave me alone [04:10.40] [04:11.16]Father come and lay the demon to rest [04:15.90] [04:16.51]When my sword has broken off in my hand [04:21.41]I see the dark futility of the flesh [04:26.71]When I'm about to fall please help me stand [04:31.49] [04:32.13]Father come and lay the demon to rest [04:36.83] [06:53.98]They're on my back [06:55.16]I run but I can feel their talons [06:57.35]Digging in my flesh [06:59.13]Blood trickles down upon the earth [07:01.92]And I grow weaker with each breath [07:04.56]Each time I shake one off [07:06.47]Another wraps its teeth around my neck [07:09.90]And every time the one the thorn is there [07:13.18]To tear me down again [07:15.25] [07:26.04]The angels counter strike [07:27.71]Their flaming swords slice through the fallen ones [07:31.14]The demons reunite attack again [07:34.58]The cycle has begun [07:36.54]Caught in the middle of this present darkness [07:40.08]With nowhere to run [07:41.82]We're in a holy war [07:43.85]As it is written so shall it be done [07:47.02]Where there's a will there's a way they say [07:50.78] [07:52.00]But sometimes my will seems to get in the way [07:56.40] [07:57.29]So you will have to fight for me today [08:03.11]You will have to fight for me today [08:08.21]You will have to fight for me today [08:13.71] [08:14.32]As the battle rages on and on [08:19.06]I face the things that put my faith to the test [08:24.24]When fallen angels won't leave me alone [08:29.08] [08:29.91]Father come and lay the demon to rest [08:34.45] [08:35.02]When my sword has broken off in my hand [08:40.14]I see the dark futility of the flesh [08:45.47]When I'm about to fall please help me stand [08:50.21] [08:50.73]Father come and lay the demon to rest [08:55.95] [09:00.27]To rest [09:02.17] [09:05.53]To rest [09:07.86] [09:10.58]To rest [09:13.46] [09:15.84]To rest