“Demon Limbs” serves as Lynn’s analysis of art in this world, where it is necessary but taken for granted, something she personally feels as an artist. The song also includes her own feeling about art/expression, in which she needs it to NOT be a false person of only the negative (“demon limbs”).
[Verse 1]
Oh, I know
I can feel the shifting in my bones
Enclosed are senses so unknown
I've been changing, falling, fading
There's demons at the door patiently waiting
[Chorus]
But I wasn't composed of broken bones or demon limbs
So please watch over me and be the light to carry me
Please be the light
Please be the light that carries me
[Verse 2]
I can feel it being torn from my, my hands, my innocence
This change is all so permanent
Can't you see the change in me?
I said it's all so permanent
[Pre-Chorus]
There's no placement
No arrangement
Of words that I could say to keep these changes away, away
[Chorus]
But I wasn't composed of broken bones or demon limbs
So please watch over me and be the light to carry me (Yeah)
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
And this world is a masterpiece
A canvas sheet accountable for such losses
Shout out to the artist who took his heart and his soul
And lost them both in the process
[Outro]
If it gets hold of me
Please be the saint to save me (Be the saint to save me)
So please watch over me (Please watch over me)
And be the light to carry me
If it gets hold of me
Please be the saint to save me (Be the saint to save me)
So please watch over me (Please watch over me)
And be the light to carry me
Demon Limbs was written by Lynn Gunn.
Demon Limbs was produced by Chris Curran.
PVRIS released Demon Limbs on Tue Mar 26 2013.