Adventure Thing #20 - "The Devil You Know" Bandscratch (Patreon)

First of all - a huge apology for the failure of the show's livestream. We specifically hired someone to do it all professional-like to make sure it would go well, and the person we hired dropped the ball hard, which is ultimately on us.  I'm especially disappointed since we did play 3 of the Album Adventure songs: "Oh, The Places You'll Go", "Never Go Alone", and "The Devil You Know," during which Hari rode a golden dragon into the crowd. So, before we go any further, maximum apologies and mea culpa. 

That behind us, it is the dawn of a new year, and hopefully the one in which we will finish this new album.  Now that the show is done we'll be pivoting to working on our studio scratches, which will bleed into studio roughs as we track real instruments (especially drums), then rough mixes, final mixes, and final masters. 

But in the meanwhile we've still got plenty of Bandscratches and even a few Acoustic Demos we haven't released to you yet, so here we go! This one is for The Devil You Know, and as I said previously it takes the award so far for most transformed, as you'll likely be able to tell. I hope you enjoy, and thank you once again for joining us on this crazy ride!

Lyrics

You pause and look around
No shelter to be found
A circle’s forming as they storm onto the dance floor

Too late for backing down
You went and drew a crowd
And now they’re standing there demanding what they came for

Anybody having second thoughts?
Anybody's stomach in knots?
Still you gonna give it all you got?
Well then I guess you better

Chorus:
Drop into the flow
Let your body go
Dance with the devil you know
Or go home

They're all watching now
Better show em how
Dance with the devil you know
And get loud

Drop into the flow
Let your body go
Dance with the devil you know
Or go home

Nothing left to lose
So grab your dancing shoes
Dance with the devil you know
And bust a move

The crowd is into you
Your blood is pumping through
No self-defeating theme repeating in your head now

You smile and take a breath
Check if there's something left
And when you find it you're reminded what it's all about

Anybody gonna back down?
Anybody gonna bail out?
So you gonna go another round?
Then one more time you better

Chorus

Nobody knows you better than your demons
So whatever you believe it’s now or never
Time to take ‘em dancing (x2)

Chorus

Nobody knows you better than your demons so
Dance with the devil you know, or go home (x2)