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
 
  
  And 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
  
 
 All of his questions, 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
  
 
 Oh woah
 
 Shake it out, shake it out
 
 Shake it out, shake it out, oh woah
  
 
 It's hard to dance with a devil on your back
 
 So shake him off, oh woah
  
 
 And I'm damned if I do
 
 And I'm damned if I don't
 
 So here's to drinks in the dark
 
 At the end of my road
 
 And I'm ready to suffer
 
 And I'm ready to hope
 
 It's a shot in the dark aimed 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
  
 
 Shake it out, shake it out
 
 Shake it out, shake it out, oh woah
  
 
 It's hard to dance with a devil on your back
 
 So shake him off, oh woah