Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play

And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I've been a fool and I've been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around

All of these questions, such a mournful sound
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn.

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, ooh woaaah
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, ooh woaaaah

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh woah

I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, ooh woaaah
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, ooh woaaah

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh woah

And given half the chance
Would I take any of it back
It's a fine romance but it's left me so impaired
It's always darkest before the dawn

Oh woah, oh woah...

And I'm damned if I do
And I'm damned if I don't
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope
It's a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat
'Cause looking for heaven found a devil in me
Looking for heaven found a devil in me
But why the hell I'm gonna let it happen to me?

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, ooh woaaah
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, ooh woaaah

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh woah

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, ooh woaaah
Shake it out, sha