Tale of the Beast

[Extended metal guitar intro] [Break] [Verse] The moon shimmers high like the edge of a blade Shadows stretch into where the daylight fades I see my breath in the frozen air The man I was No longer there Bones start to ache My skin feels tight The forest whispers echo Calling into the night A beast in my chest begins to roar Can’t stop the tide Can't stop the war [Break] [Prechorus] Teeth grow into daggers Claws to rip flesh from bone This body I inhabit But I’m not alone [Chorus] I’m the man and the beast The hunter The prey Howling loud as the night gives way Caught in the tide of the lunar divide No escape from this madness No place to hide I’m the man and the beast The shadow The flame In the moon’s cold colors Only madness remains This is my curse This is my pride Forever chained to the darkness of night [Musical interlude] [Verse ] Footprints vanish on the city streets A trail of fear that never leaves The howl that cuts into the midnight air The hunger that runs with a thousand yard stare My hands and soul stained by the blood Brought on by the moon, a gift from a lost love [Metal guitar solo] [Prechorus] Eyes they glow like the moonlight The curse of life drips from my lips The soul dies every time A change I can't resist [Chorus] I’m the man and the beast The hunter The prey Howling loud as the night gives way Caught in the tide of the lunar divide No escape from this madness No place to hide I’m the man and the beast The shadow The flame In the moon’s cold colors Only madness remains This is my curse This is my pride Forever chained to the darkness of night [Break] [Verse] Running with the pack as the moonlight fades All the memories of the night slowly drift away The suns rays they change me into the man I am Awaiting the movement of the moon until it's time again [Break] [Extended guitar outro]