Lyrics

            These lyrics have so much meaning to me. I feel like they just came straight out of my heart. And the meaning changes depending on different circumstances. I have a lot of anger right now and they make sense of that anger for me. I am also missing my dad this Father's Day, my first Father's day with out him. I think about him every day, which never occurred while he was living...
Just as in the song, I can never leave the past behind, memories haunt me so terribly.
And looking for heaven is so much the devil in me - why can't I just accept the way things are? Why do I always want it better?
it's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out






Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I've been a fool and I've been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around
And our love is pastured such a mournful sound
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
So I like to keep my issues drawn
But it's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, 
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, 
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off.

I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, 
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, 
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, 
                                                                                                                                And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back so shake him off
And given half the chance would I take any of it back
It's a fine romance but its left me so undone
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope
It's a shot in the dark and right at my throat
Cause looking for heaven, found the devil in me
Looking for heaven, found the devil in me
Well what the hell 
I'm gonna let it happen to me

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out,
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off,