Derek Corr - If I Was the Devil Lyrics

If I was the devil I'd make a fool out of you
By making a fool out of me
I'd pretend I was some fictional being
If I was the devil I'd make it hard to be good
Difficult to do what you should
Like Robin Hood misunderstood for being good

If I was the devil I'd put a curse in all cures
Make it hard to heal or be sure
That all disease would start to ease and recede

But maybe that's your scene
Maybe that's your scene
To see me as a wretched being

If I was the devil I'd make emotion look strong
Have your anger help you along
Then you will belong to the righteous and free

If I was the devil I'd break your phone when it falls
Even cut the line between calls
Build the Berlin Wall
Make you think it's a good thing

If I was the devil I'd cut the life of good men
Make us start all over again
Never reach the end
I am the seen and unseen

If I was the devil I'd turn a friend against friend
And I swear I'd do it again
Cause who I am is your real enemy

What does it mean to be an awful one
The one who doesn't care about the other one
There's nothing wrong, nothing wrong
What does it mean what does it mean
To follow evil ways
A loveless path to tread upon and set your gaze
The blinding rays

When we are the devil we make a mess of our land
Leave our crap buried under the sand
No place to stand and no place that's left clean

When we are the devil we close our hearts to the world
Leave the stranger out in the cold
Steal all the gold remove the worth from currency

When we are the devil we steal the meaning in words
Make it sound like chirping birds
Pleasing to the herds we cultivate the right seeds

When we are the devil we make all logic insane
Like a mad man sing in the rain
Make you used to pain and teach that love is unseen

And what you are
And what you are and no we'll never know
What you are
And what you are
And what you are and no we'll never know
What you are
And what you are
And what you are and no we'll never know
What you are
Cause you are me