Demon Cleaner

Album: Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)
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  • I've got the demons in me
    I've got to flush them all away
    I feel the demons rage
    I must clean them all away

    Yeah (yeah)

    Inside I see more,
    Cobwebs in the way
    The magic cleaner will
    Shine his smile over me

    I am the demon
    Cleaner to save the day
    I get the back one
    Important they'll always stay

    If only one thing that you'll know
    Impostors from the show,
    They'll try to trick you into
    Normal treatment
    Oh don't you listen to them say
    Shush them all away
    I am the demon cleaner
    Madman of Encino
    I am the the freedom bleeder
    Standing naked here to say
    I'm the only way Writer/s: JOSH HOMME
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Who Cares from Hell On EarthI always interpreted this song as something to do with schizophrenia.
  • Dan Gillespy from Courtenay BcNow there's 1 good stoner metal song that became a true classic.
  • Jake from EarthScott Reeder was the bass player on this album. Bjork was the drummer
  • Heathen: Deaner from DeathbridgeRight. Right. Right. All Right. And of course I'm allowed to say this. so I will. Everything Christina said is true. For Christina. Which really puts the songwriting skills in the spotlight; So compelling that a song written about oral hygiene can inspire divine imagery. Impressive. And no, Christina, I'm not being sarcastic or trolling you. I don't agree with you at all, due to my affliction of atheism. However, I do have respect for faith, and for you to so intriguingly weave the teachings of your faith into such a masterpiece of this genre.....just goes to show that The Demon Cleaner is many things to many people. For me, it conjured images of a Native American shaman who comes to fix the horribly messed up situation for his people in this world of artifice.
    Or a song reminding you to brush your teeth.
  • Christina Charitos from TorontoWrong. Wrong. Wrong. All wrong. I'm not allowed to say this and so of course I will. Song is about the Saints who unite with the ultimate Demon Cleaner- Christ -Saints have to put up with demonic attack/ oppression...demons "trick you in to normal treatment" (trick you in to believing they don't exist) also word play "in two" in half - they divide and conquer. "Inside you see more of me... but cobwebs in the way" are you can't see cause there's a veil over your eyes... it takes an insider to even get what this song is about or get the message of what he's here to say. Christ is the magic cleaner who shines his smile on me: the "freedom bleeder" Jesus paid with his life on the cross to buy our freedom. "Christ is the Only Way. Cause yeah other paths don't work. "Important they'll always stay." Saints don't pray for them to leave but to take this on and do battle it out it cause it's a form of penance and they unite their suffering under demonic attack with the Passion of Christ. Not saying a word about Josh... you do the math.
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