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The multi-platinum singer-songwriter will embark on a 25-date run across the continent in spring 2025.
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Benjamin frames mental struggle as a hidden weight, one that only a trusted presence can lighten. The song positions a relationship as the sole anchor against self-harm, with the narrator crediting his companion for pulling him back from the edge across repeated verses. The emotional architecture is simple: confession, gratitude, relapse into doubt, and return to that same saving grace. The lyrics move through cycles of dependence and abandonment. Benjamin admits to taking his support for granted, to turning away, only to find himself caught again in the same cycle of need and rescue. There's a particular vulnerability in the admission that he "didn't understand" until crisis made the truth unavoidable. The song treats recovery not as a moment but as a recurring negotiation, one that requires the other person's sustained presence and forgiveness.
"Demons" is a single by Alec Benjamin, from the album These Two Windows, released 28th May 2020. The track is 2:43 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Alec Benjamin.
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