Demons

And they don't stop All the pestering lies, Love confusion, And make sadness their prize. Away with you! Be gone, untrue! The demons vie, The demons lie. Made of half-truth, Full of frivolous spite, Mean accusers Seek to dim and kill light. Away with you! Be gone, untrue! The demons vie, The demons lie. Crushing my lungs, Teasing cowards steal my breath in sleep, Jealous of flesh, They try to pry into my temples, my deep. Second guesses tangle reason with mud, Dam all pathways with cerebral crud. Endless doomsday, Horses red, black, and pale, Wars and losses, Death in detail. Rise, my mind, envision greater orbits. Find the calm by the steady star above night. O logic sweet! O reason's fleet! More be with me than be with thee! Mal den Teufel nicht an die Wand. Devils rage enough outside. In a mask or Shielded only by face, Sacred refuge Stands inside its sure place. Away with you! Be gone, untrue! The demons vie, The demons lie. Deceivers, fear The white horse here. Dismissed are you! No more ado!