The Devil's Gonna Keep Me-Oyinda

[00:16.37]The fruit that's plucked from the bitter tree is rotten old [00:22.11]You can find that seed sown deep in me [00:31.13]As a child I was taught to fear if it ever grows [00:36.61]So I get on my knees with a daily plea [00:45.74]Swallow me down and your throat will surely burn [00:51.39]These are the lessons I was made to learn [01:00.76]As I age it gets harder to resist his call [01:06.46]I tread lightly for if I ever fall [01:13.56]The devil's gonna keep me [01:22.57]A new love's fascination burns straight through my core [01:28.44]You send shivers when you touch my skin [01:37.54]I don't have the will to fight you anymore [01:43.12]So I take a bite cause I've given in [01:52.28]Carry me high in your arms – a sweetened embrace [01:58.04]We breathe harder, faster, a rhythmic pace [02:06.99]As I lay tangled up with you we stay here cloaked [02:13.35]I hear a whisper as the silence spoke [02:19.83]The devil's gonna keep me [02:36.31]Blood stained hands don't ever wash clean, wash clean [02:42.25]I try desperately but the stains stay seen [02:51.21]The fruit has fully grown and I can't bear its weight [02:57.49]So I dread the judgment I await [03:06.08]Bury me six feet underground alive or dead [03:12.44]Nothing can stop my fate that lies ahead [03:20.69]The time has come to reap the life I leave behind [03:26.46]In the end my soul is reassigned [03:33.85]The devil's gonna keep me