The Ghouls - (1996) Burn, Baby, Burn - Animal Choir

industrial metal, alternative metal, blues rock

[Intro: (slide-guitar ostinato, kick drum heartbeat, metallic clanks)]

[Verse 1: (talk-sing, sly cadence)]
soft bite, low smile, animal choir wakes slow
tongue sparks, heart barks, i feel the marrow glow
cheap thrill, deep will, i let the instinct lead
teeth sing, skin rings, i’m learning how to feed

[Pre-Chorus: (guitar drops, bass throbs)]
no saints in my veins, no rules on my name

[Chorus 1: (drone-chant, stacked vowels)]
animal choir, howl my fire, let the body write the choir
animal choir, hot desire, hear the lungs become a wire
ANIMAL CHOIR, pull me higher, make the hunger my supplier
animal choir, animal choir, i’m alive, i’m the choir

[Verse 2: (slide answers each line)]
slow grin, raw spin, i make the marrow hum
wet laugh, quick craft, i let the rhythm come
black sweet, warm heat, i kiss the wild awake
loose jaw, no law, i take what i can take

[Pre-Chorus 2: (bass and toms, whispered doubles)]
no saints in my veins, no rules on my name

[Chorus 2: (extra harmony, louder clanks)]
animal choir, howl my fire, let the body write the choir
animal choir, hot desire, hear the lungs become a wire
ANIMAL CHOIR, teeth aspire, make the cadence spit and sire
animal choir, animal choir, i’m alive, i’m the choir

[Bridge: (half-time sludge, moans as background texture)]
close eyes, open mouth, let the compass point south
slow hands, quick tongue, sing the hunger unsung

[Guitar Solo: (slide goes feral, octave jumps, feedback kisses)]

[Chorus 3: (call-and-response, gang shouts)]
animal choir, howl my fire, i surrender to the choir
animal choir, hard desire, let the sinew spark the wire
ANIMAL CHOIR, never tire, make the body build the pyre
animal choir, animal choir, i’m alive, i’m the choir

[Breakdown: (kick + slide + whispers, then crash back)]
my pulse keeps time. my pulse keeps time. MY PULSE KEEPS TIME

[Chorus 4: (final surge, open hi-hat)]
animal choir, howl my fire, hear the bones become the choir
animal choir, sweet desire, let the breath ignite the wire
ANIMAL CHOIR, higher, higher, make the hunger my supplier
animal choir, animal choir, i’m alive, i’m the choir

[Outro: (slide decays, clanks fade, bass throb dwindles)]

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[Intro: (slide-guitar ostinato, kick drum heartbeat, metallic clanks)] [Verse 1: (talk-sing, sly cadence)] soft bite, low smile, animal choir wakes slow tongue sparks, heart barks, i feel the marrow glow cheap thrill, deep will, i let the instinct lead teeth sing, skin rings, i’m learning how to feed [Pre-Chorus: (guitar drops, bass throbs)] no saints in my veins, no rules on my name [Chorus 1: (drone-chant, stacked vowels)] animal choir, howl my fire, let the body write the choir animal choir, hot desire, hear the lungs become a wire ANIMAL CHOIR, pull me higher, make the hunger my supplier animal choir, animal choir, i’m alive, i’m the choir [Verse 2: (slide answers each line)] slow grin, raw spin, i make the marrow hum wet laugh, quick craft, i let the rhythm come black sweet, warm heat, i kiss the wild awake loose jaw, no law, i take what i can take [Pre-Chorus 2: (bass and toms, whispered doubles)] no saints in my veins, no rules on my name [Chorus 2: (extra harmony, louder clanks)] animal choir, howl my fire, let the body write the choir animal choir, hot desire, hear the lungs become a wire ANIMAL CHOIR, teeth aspire, make the cadence spit and sire animal choir, animal choir, i’m alive, i’m the choir [Bridge: (half-time sludge, moans as background texture)] close eyes, open mouth, let the compass point south slow hands, quick tongue, sing the hunger unsung [Guitar Solo: (slide goes feral, octave jumps, feedback kisses)] [Chorus 3: (call-and-response, gang shouts)] animal choir, howl my fire, i surrender to the choir animal choir, hard desire, let the sinew spark the wire ANIMAL CHOIR, never tire, make the body build the pyre animal choir, animal choir, i’m alive, i’m the choir [Breakdown: (kick + slide + whispers, then crash back)] my pulse keeps time. my pulse keeps time. MY PULSE KEEPS TIME [Chorus 4: (final surge, open hi-hat)] animal choir, howl my fire, hear the bones become the choir animal choir, sweet desire, let the breath ignite the wire ANIMAL CHOIR, higher, higher, make the hunger my supplier animal choir, animal choir, i’m alive, i’m the choir [Outro: (slide decays, clanks fade, bass throb dwindles)]

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