Deep Blue

I once knew a man, so tortured and proud, calculating and quiet, keeping his head down. I don't know what happened, what led him astray, but he paid a price that no mortal can pay. He cried out through the whiskey, cried out through his cage, the Devil unleashed, I was bound by his rage. He searched for the answers, searched for the key, swallowed by madness, buried in the sea. Broken by genius, fooled by disease, a monster within, trying to break free. Dizzied with hate, weakened by love, stuck on the ground while the truth was above. A mind full of math, a brain full of sand, dying is easy, it's life that is damned. All good is a lie, no evil is good, he wanted to be free, but he never could. He cried out through the whiskey, cried out through his cage, the Devil unleashed, I was bound by his rage. He searched for the answers, searched for the key, swallowed by madness, buried in the sea. He didn't trust humans, he expected attack, he always worried he'd have to fight back. A friend of the creatures, that didn't speak, a silent pact that he always did keep. The Devil within, beautiful and strong, they worked together to write this song. Always tired, the sun an enemy, waiting for darkness to bring some peace. He never did much, he didn't know how to try, he hated living, but refused to die. He cried out through the whiskey, cried out through his cage, the Devil unleashed, I was bound by his rage. He searched for the answers, searched for the key, swallowed by madness, buried in the sea, all I remember is that it was me.