Old Animal in a Good Coat
[Intro - sparse, breath and low drone] [Verse 1] Goosebumps rising for a coat I don't wear anymore Little muscles pulling up a fur that isn't there The dark is only dark now, nothing at the door But something in my spine still stands its hair [Pre-Chorus] They took the teeth, they took the claws They left the hunger, left the jaw Left me flinching at the shape of a rope in the road [Chorus] I'm an old animal in a good coat Still afraid of the dark, still afraid of the rope Everything useful got taken from me Everything left over is loving you [Verse 2] There's a muscle in my leg the doctors say is gone One in seven born without it now It was built to grip a branch — and I'm still holding on Still holding on, still don't know how [Verse 2b] I've got a bone that's just the rumor of a tail A third eyelid folded in the corner of my eye Everything I don't need is the part that doesn't fail Everything I don't need won't die [Pre-Chorus] They took the teeth, they took the claws They left the hunger, left the jaw Left me howling at the shape of a light in your window [Chorus] I'm an old animal in a good coat Still afraid of the dark, still afraid of the rope Everything useful got taken from me Everything left over is loving you [Bridge - drop to near silence, then build] Something in me knew you before the words came in Before the fire, before the wheel, before the wanting Something in me knew you when we still had gills Salt in the blood — the blood still keeps the ocean running [Build] So don't ask me why There's no why left Just the oldest part of me standing up in a room with no draft in a room with no draft in a room with no draft [Final Chorus - full, huge] I'm an old animal in a good coat Still afraid of the dark, still afraid of the rope Everything useful got taken from me Everything left over — everything left over — Everything left over is loving you [Outro - stripped, single voice] Goosebumps for a coat I don't wear anymore Goosebumps for a coat I don't wear anymore Something's at the door Something's at the door And I hope to God it's you
