Lyric discussion by flamebroiledchicken 

Cover art for Demons lyrics by National, The

Official lyrics from album sleeve:

When I think of you in the city, The sight of you among the sights, I get the sudden sinking feeling of a man about to fly. It never kept me up before, now I've been awake for days. I can't fight it anymore, I'm going through an awkward phase. I am secretly in love with everyone that I grew up with. I do my crying underwater, I can't get down any farther. All my drowning friends can see, now there is no running from it. It's become the crux of me, I wish that I could rise above it,

but I stay down with my demons. I stay down with my demons.

Bats and buzzards in the sky, alligators in the sewers. I don't even wonder why. I hide among the younger viewers. I huddle with them all night long, the worried talk to God goes on. I sincerely tried to love it. I wish that I could rise above it,

but I stay down with my demons. I stay down with my demons. I stay down with my demons. I stay down with my demons.

Can I stay here? I can sleep on the floor Paint the blood and hang the palms on the door. I do not think I'm going places anymore. I want to see the sun come up above New York. Every day I start so great and then the sunlight dims. The less I look, the more I see the pythons in the limbs. I do not know what's wrong with me, the sour is in the cut. When I walk into a room I do not light it up. Fuck.

So I stay down with my demons. I stay down with my demons.