[ti:Laying the Demon to Rest] [ar:Theocracy] [al:Mirror Of Souls] [by: ] [00:02.00]Theocracy - Laying the Demon to Rest [00:12.00]LRC by lzh ,from jiangxi pingxiang [00:22.00]@ @ [00:32.00] [01:34.50]As I sit alone and tired, with time to spare [01:40.55]temptation rears its ugly head [01:45.66]Born from a deceptive dream into a nightmare [01:51.12]it calls to me again [01:56.32]Testing me to see if I will break this time [02:01.75]or at least how far I'll bend [02:06.91]I can see its glowing eyes and hear its evil cries [02:12.38]"Come dance with me, my friend..." [02:18.87] [02:39.04]So, the things that I want to do [02:44.02]I find myself not doing [02:46.39]but the things that I don't want to do [02:49.55]I fall into [02:52.01] [02:53.25](Why?) [02:55.40]Why do we struggle with the former things [02:58.31]and live in our own power below our means? [03:02.57] [03:11.80](War) [03:13.51]Don't you understand this is war? [03:15.93]War with the principalities and powers [03:18.60]things unseen that would devour us all [03:23.02] [03:24.18](The spirit battles the flesh) [03:26.84]And now my wounds are deep [03:28.94]and torn wide open [03:30.69]I'm tired and weary, hurt and broken down [03:33.43] [03:34.34](Lead us not) [03:36.68]into temptation [03:38.41](but deliver us) [03:42.14]from the evil one [03:44.29](Darkness falls) [03:47.68]On my spirit again [03:49.65](Again temptation calls) [03:52.71]I can hear it [03:54.30] [03:55.16]As the battle rages on and on [04:00.27]I face the things that put my faith to the test [04:05.59]When fallen angels won't leave me alone [04:10.90]Father, come and lay the demon to rest [04:15.93]When my sword has broken off in my hand [04:21.29]I see the dark futility of the flesh [04:26.39]When I'm about to fall, please help me stand [04:31.72]Father, come and lay the demon to rest [04:40.56] [06:52.66]They're on my back [06:55.21]I run, but I can feel their talons [06:57.04]digging in my flesh [06:58.44]Blood trickles down upon the earth [07:01.94]and I grow weaker with each breath [07:04.29]Each time I shake one off [07:06.60]another wraps its teeth around my neck [07:09.56]And every time, the one, the thorn is there [07:13.67]To tear me down again [07:21.11] [07:24.51]The angels counterstrike [07:27.77]Their flaming swords slice through the fallen ones [07:30.66]The demons reunite, attack again [07:34.71]The cycle has begun [07:36.47]Caught in the middle of this present darkness [07:39.76]with nowhere to run [07:41.72]We're in a holy war [07:43.81]As it is written, so shall it be done [07:45.77] [07:46.50]Where there's a will, there's a way, they say [07:51.33]but sometimes my will seems to get in the way [07:56.69]So You will have to fight for me today [08:02.54]So You will have to fight for me today [08:07.70]So You will have to fight for me today [08:13.26] [08:13.95]As the battle rages on and on [08:18.88]I face the things that put my faith to the test [08:24.09]When fallen angels won't leave me alone [08:29.51]Father, come and lay the demon to rest [08:34.65]When my sword has broken off in my hand [08:40.01]I see the dark futility of the flesh [08:45.21]When I'm about to fall, please help me stand [08:50.62]Father, come and lay the demon to rest [09:00.24]To rest [09:04.62]To rest [09:10.06]To rest [09:15.73]To rest [09:27.63]