[Intro] The ink is bleeding through the map, the borders start to blur I’m the echo of a man that I no longer can endure! [Chorus] I’m just an ANIMAL! Screaming in a cage of my own design! I’ve become a thing that they can’t define! How do I fix what’s been torn apart? With a hollow chest and a blackened heart! I’m losing my humanity, I’m fading into gray God, won’t you take this ANIMAL away! [Verse 1] They stand at the glass, dissecting the pain While I’m fighting the poison that’s flooding my brain They say, "We can save you," but who is the "WE"? When the "I" is a prison and I lost the key? (Wait...) I made 'em feel small just to feel like a giant Now I’m the monster, no longer compliant Why do we build what we’re destined to break? I’m the architect of every mistake The chemicals collide, the ego defiant They’re praying for me while I’m slowly dying! [Pre-Chorus] The warning lights are flashing red, the pressure starts to climb I’m the victim and the villain switching places in real-time! [Chorus] I’m just an ANIMAL! Screaming in a cage of my own design! I’ve become a thing that they can’t define! How do I fix what’s been torn apart? With a hollow chest and a blackened heart! I’m losing my humanity, I’m fading into gray God, won’t you take this ANIMAL away! [Verse 2] See, I used to be light, I used to be color Now I’m the shadow that’s swallowing the other They offer a hand, but I’m biting the fingers The scent of my failure—it rots and it lingers I made 'em feel lonely, I made 'em feel cold Watching the worst of my nature unfold But no one can help when the rot is inside I’m the surgeon, the specimen, nowhere to hide! It’s a hunger in the marrow, a fever in the mind I’m searching for the exit that I'll never, ever find! [Bridge] The stars are going out... One by one, they whisper what I used to be about. I GOTTA BREAK FREE SOME HOW..OH GOD PLEASE SAVE ME NOW! [Breakdown] DIVIDE. THE. SOUL. EAT. THE. LIGHT. I AM THE EXPERIMENT! I AM THE ANIMAL! SAVE ME! [Final Chorus] I’m just an ANIMAL! Screaming in a cage of my own design! I’ve become a thing that they can’t define! How do I fix what’s been torn apart? With a hollow chest and a blackened heart! I’m losing my humanity, I’m fading into gray God, won’t you take this ANIMAL away! [Outro] [Instrumental: Mournful Cello Solo over Distorted Guitar Chugs] [End] © 2025 ÁDP ℗ 2025 Rythmora Records