Where do I take this pain of mine?
I run but it stays right by my side (this is saying that the devil will never leave those who are banishing him after they have invited them)

So tear me open, pour me out
There's things inside that scream and shout
And the pain still hates me
So hold me until it sleeps (he is talking about his past of following the devil)

Just like the curse, just like the stray
You feed it once and now it stays
Now it stays (the devil stays with someone forever)

So tear me open but beware
There's things inside without a care
And the dirt still stains me
So wash me until I'm clean (same)

It grips you, so hold me
It stains you, so hold me
It hates you, so hold me
It holds you, so hold me
Until it sleeps (this stanza is in God's point of view. He is saying that the devil does all these things but if you hold on to God then the devil will go)

So tell me why you've chosen me
Don't want your grip, don't want your greed
Don't want it (back to the author...he is asking the devil why he has chosen him)

I'll tear me open, make you gone
No more can you hurt anyone
And the fear still shakes me
So hold me until it sleeps

It grips you, so hold me
It stains you, so hold me
It hates you, so hold me
It holds you, holds you, holds you until it sleeps

I don't want it, want it, want it, want it, want it...No (he don't want to be bad)

So tear me open but beware
There's things inside without a care
And the dirt still stains me
So wash me 'til I'm clean

I'll tear me open, make you gone (he'll rip out the demon in him and be clean)
No longer will you hurt anyone
And the hate still shapes me
So hold me until it sleeps
Until it sleeps