This is awesome... just craziness. Maybe the beast is a metaphor for something really bad happening, and mr. hurricane is perhaps a friend that helps him fight the beast.

An alienated young woman with a paranoid streak grows dangerously violent and deranged. She falls in love with someone, possibly a therapist who is trying to help her, and this love encourages her to take her psychiatric medication but the love is one-sided and the end of the song suggests that she's about to backslide and poses a threat to "Mr. Hurricane".

Oh, incidentally the video was weird. It made it about bees, not a beast. Way to mislead people about what the words are!

I know that these lyrics are definitely wrong in some parts. Any corrections are greaty appreciated =]
Looove this song too.

The lyrics here are pretty good, but sloppy in some places. Here's pretty much exactly what's being sung:
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I thought I was a victim
That people hated me
I never had a homeland
I had no safety

One day I saw a beast comin'
From across the sea
I never knew fear
Until he came for me

I called out for the killer
I looked for the knife
I drank from his river
It ruined my life

I saw him comin' at me
Empty and so cold
I never knew emotion
'Til he caught me in his fold

Can you imagine living one more day
With a beast right up in your face?
Can you see me dying in this house, in any house
Saw a man in vain, blinded by the Hurricane

(Broke out of the harness)
Let it go let it go
(Stumbled in the darkness)
Turn on the light y'all
(Overcame the madness)
Then take your pills
(Finally righteous)
I love the beast y'all

(Broke out of the harness)
Let it go let it go
(Stumbled in the darkness)
Turn on the light y'all
(Overcame the madness)
Then take your pills
(Finally righteous)
I love the beast y'all

I stopped being the victim
But you weren't there to see
I never felt bitter
'Til you crippled me

I felt like a refugee from the pain
I had to wear that shroud with no shame
Deceit and lies were your crying game
I never fell in love so deeply in vain

So I stay a while
A knife in my side
While I slowly died
Defeat from the inside

And now I scream 'til the end of the day
Never again, Mr. Hurricane

(Broke out of the harness)
Let it go let it go
(Stumbled in the darkness)
Turn on the light y'all
(Overcame the madness)
Then take your pills
(Finally righteous)
I love the beast y'all

(Broke out of the harness)
Let it go let it go
(Stumbled in the darkness)
Turn on the light y'all
(Overcame the madness)
Then take your pills
(Finally righteous)
I love the beast y'all

(Broke out of the harness)
Don't mess with the Beast, Mr. Hurricane
(Stumbled in the darkness)
You're not comin' for peace, stop bringing the insane
(Overcame the madness)
Don't mess with the Beast, Mr. Hurricane
(Finally righteous)
You're not comin' for peace, stop bringing the insane

(Broke out of the harness)
Don't mess with the Beast, Mr. Hurricane
(Stumbled in the darkness)
You're not comin' for peace, stop bringing the insane
(Overcame the madness)
Don't mess with the Beast, Mr. Hurricane
(Finally righteous)
You're not comin' for peace, stop bringing the insane

Don't mess with the Beast, Mr. Hurricane
You're not comin' for peace, stop bringing the insane
Don't mess with the Beast, Mr. Hurricane
You're not comin' for peace, stop bringing the insane

Don't mess with the Beast, Mr. Hurricane
You're not comin' for peace, stop bringing the insane
Don't mess with the Beast, Mr. Hurricane
You're not comin' for peace, stop bringing the insane

OK - First of all you can't talk about the meaning of these lyrics without understanding the reference to Revelations 13:1 - "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea"
Mr. Hurricane "One day I saw a beast comin'From across the sea". Obviously the band has indeed named themselves after the beast of St. John the Divine's Revelation if there were any doubt. The beast is the enemy, the false prophet, the one who brings on the apocalypse of humanity. Read it for yourself:
http://www.bartleby.com/108/66/13.html
What is Mr. Hurricane? Is that a derisive name for Christ? I really don't understand all that the speaker is saying but it seems that he is not on a wholesome path. Anyone have better insight into this? I hope this discussion continues. Be careful what you listen to. Choose the path of light kids.