[ Lock the box ]

Swirling around with all the thoughts that I have tried to keep hidden
All of them demons I thought I’d got ridden

I locked up the thoughts in a music box
But one of the demons picked the lock

All of the shadows and black clouds are chilling on my bed
All of the demons and bad memories have camped out in my head

My fingertips are frozen, black clouds blocking the sun so they will not warm up
I see their reflections through my eyes and I can tell that they are stuck

They scream lullabies they appear in my nightmares they darkened my child hood.
They play mind games with me spike my happy thoughts when I’m good

All of these tarnished thoughts that were locked in the box and put far away
Have found a way out came out to play

They confuse me and turn on my water taps
Playing with the strings in my mind refusing to relax

They cover my eyes with snake skin make my stomach churn like gone off cheese
They fall out my mind with my tears and fly out my mind when I sneeze

Singing and dancing and having an uninvited party in my mind
And when the demons are hung over that’s when they are unkind

I keep on searching for the key I have no hope
And they climb into my mind on ladders swinging through my mind on rope

I can’t put faces to them
It’s like some on has glued them

Sitting on black clouds glued to the cells in my brain
The demons the black clouds the dreams sending me insane

Please let me lock them back up as I’m all on edge
Contemplating jumping off the window ledge

I’m all jittery, confused and fidgety
Please lock them back up so I can claim back my sanity

Written by Beth Abbott 19/02/08