Devil In The Details

There's a Devil in the details, hiding in the truth
Wearing heaven's language just to mislead youth
He can dress it up, but he can't disguise
That every sin he offers costs a piece of life
Oh, I'm holdin' on with everything I am
Through the fire, through the flood, through the shifting sand
He pulls, but I won't fall for his empty plans
There's a war for my soul, and I know where I stand

He don't knock when he walks in
Slides in quiet like a whisperin' sin
Turns my peace into a battleground
Truth gets lost when the lies come 'round
He speaks in gold, dressed in light
But his breath is cold and steals the night
Says, Take what's yours, it's yours to take
But every deal he makes, he plans to break

Like the Christ who fasted forty days
I fight the dark with a soul ablaze
Temptation sweet, but it don't last
Just smoke and mirrors from a broken past

There's a Devil in the details, hiding in the truth
Wearing heaven's language just to mislead youth
He can dress it up, but he can't disguise
That every sin he offers costs a piece of life
Oh, I'm holdin' on with everything I am
Through the fire, through the flood, through the shifting sand
He pulls, but I won't fall for his empty plans
There's a war for my soul, and I know where I stand
He knows my name, knows my pain
Twists my past till I'm nearly insane
Why pray now? he says with a grin
You already danced too deep in sin
But I see through his sugar lies
Every sweet word's a slow demise
I stumble, yeah, but I still rise
With blood-washed hands and tear-filled eyes

I ain't perfect, but I ain't blind
I know that voice ain't the Holy kind
I fall, I fight, I rise again
On the grace of God, not the strength of men

There's a Devil in the details, hiding in the truth
Wearing heaven's language just to mislead youth
He can dress it up, but he can't disguise
That every sin he offers costs a piece of life
Oh, I'm holdin' on with everything I am
Through the fire, through the flood, through the shifting sand
He pulls, but I won't fall for his empty plans
There's a war for my soul, and I know where I stand
I hear the serpent in the garden still
But I walk the path up Calvary's hill
His chain can't hold what grace has freed
I was blind, now I see, He died for me

There's a Devil in the details, creeping through the cracks
He's slick with the scripture, but he's twisted facts
He can promise gold, but it turns to dust
And I ain't bowing down to what I can't trust