Shadow of a Demon

I listened to this song today. I was actually looking for the lyrics to another song and came across this one on accident. This was one of the songs I usually skipped on this CD because the music isn't as pretty to me. It has a different sound from a lot of Josh Groban's other songs. Because of this, I had never bothered to listen to the lyrics.  As soon as I read the first few lines, I was hooked. I had no idea what this song was about! I opened up iTunes and decided to play it again. 


"...I heard its lonely sound
It wasn't roaring, it was weeping..."


When I got to this line, the tears came. I have this idea that while the monster seems scary and angry and aggressive, he is really overcome with sadness. I don't know if that is where things are really going to go in my inner child work, but it is how I imagine it. This is all very recent, to come across the lyrics right now...well, I don't really believe in coincidence. 


"It doesn't matter now it's over anyhow
He tells the world that it's sleeping"

Often times when I initially tell someone about the abuse, their response is "I'm sorry." For a lack of something better to say, I respond "It's ok. It's over now." But I'm more aware now that it's not over. Not for me. I am still dealing with it, even though it's been 6 years. 

Josh Groban...yum, yum!

"I knew a man who lived in fear
It was huge, it was angry,
It was drawing near.
Behind his house a secret place
Was the shadow of the demon
He could never face. 

He built a wall of steel and flame
And men with guns to keep it tame
Then standing back he made it plain
That the nightmare would never ever rise again
But the fear and the fire and the guns remain. 

It doesn't matter now it's over anyhow
He tells the world that it's sleeping
But as the night came round 
I heard its lonely sound
It wasn't roaring, it was weeping
It wasn't roaring, it was weeping. 

And then one day the neighbours came
They were curious to know about the smoke and flame
They stood around outside the wall
But of course there was nothing to be heard at all
"My friends," he said, "We've reached our goal
The threat is under firm control
As long as peace and order reign
I'll be damned if I can see a reason to explain
Why the fear and the fire and the guns remain." 

It doesn't matter now it's over anyhow
He tells the world that it's sleeping
But as the night came round 
I heard its lonely sound
It wasn't roaring, it was weeping
It wasn't roaring, it was weeping."



-Josh Groban "Weeping"

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