I Met the Devil

I met the devil I met the devil I kissed his cheek on my bathroom floor And asked if he could make me small again He said my child He said my child I could scrub you clean of this life Your skin would still feel like a dirty word I said You were the prodigal child You know how it feels to fall Someone stole my pride So they could feel ten feet tall So give me this, give me this, give me this, give me this, give me this I can't be here, I can't breathe here any more He looks at me He looks at me And asks my dear, what makes you fear The ache of life that lives inside your bones I tell him no I tell him no I will not confess and crack open my chest Just so you can see what makes me run He said I'd have to bring you deep down, deep down into the grime It's gonna hurt down in the dirt, but smallness has a price So give me one, give me one, give me one, give me one, give me one Reason I should ease your ache I tell him slow I tell him slow I loved someone with all I had I loved someone with all I had I loved someone with all I had But they broke something in me that I can't fix He grins at me He grins at me He grins at me He grins at me He grins at me And says, oh, my child you must be blind For that's the smallest one can be