The Day I Threw The Devil Out

[Verse 1]  
He’d been living in my ribcage like he paid the rent on time,  
Whispering in my bloodstream, turning water into wine.  
He knew every door I’d left unlocked inside my head,  
Knew the nights I prayed for mercy but chose the bottle instead.  

He’d sit beside my failures like a friend who knew me well,  
Laughing at the promises I broke to save myself.  
And every time I tried to rise, he’d drag me back with doubt…  
Till the night I finally snapped and threw that bastard out.  

[Chorus]  
That was the day I threw the devil out,  
Tore him from the shadows where he’d built his little house.  
Said, “You ain’t my master, you ain’t my fear,  
You ain’t the voice I’m following another year.”  
I stood up shaking, but I stood up loud…  
On the day I threw the devil out.  

[Verse 2]  
He’d been riding on my shoulder since I first learned how to sin,  
Telling me I wasn’t worth the skin I’m living in.  
He fed me every lie I used to justify the pain,  
Turned my kids into a memory and my heart into a stain.  

But something in me shifted when I saw what I became,  
A father made of ashes, a man without a name.  
And I felt a fire rising where my fear had lived with doubt…  
And I grabbed that demon by the throat and dragged his darkness out.  

[Chorus]  
That was the day I threw the devil out,  
Tore him from the shadows where he’d built his little house.  
Said, “You ain’t my master, you ain’t my fear,  
You ain’t the voice I’m following another year.”  
I stood up shaking, but I stood up loud…  
On the day I threw the devil out.  

[Bridge]  
I didn’t need a preacher,  
Didn’t need a choir’s song.  
Just needed one good moment  
To say, “I’ve had enough, be gone.”  
And when I felt him loosen,  
When he slipped out of my chest…  
I swear I heard God whisper,  
“Son, now let Me do the rest.”  

[Final Chorus]  
That was the day I threw the devil out,  
Left him on the doorstep like a truth I’d lived without.  
Said, “You ain’t my story, you ain’t my end,  
You ain’t the one I’m dying with, you ain’t my closest friend.”  
I walked out trembling, but I walked out proud…  
On the day I threw the devil out.  

[Outro]  
Yeah, hell lost a battle  
When I finally stood my ground.

Country, Outlaw Gospel, Heavy Stomp Rhythm, Dark, Triumphant, Cinematic