Shake It Out Songtext / Lyric

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

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

And it's hard to dance with the devil on your back
And given half the chance, would I take any of it back?
It's a fine romance but it's left me so undone
It's always darkest before the dawn, ooooh

And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
So here's the drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hold
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
But what the hell, I'm gonna let it happen to me, yeah

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

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

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