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Animal Lyrics

There was a time when my world was filled with darkness, darkness, darkness
and I stopped dreaming now I'm supposed to fill it up with something, something , something
in your eyes i see the eyes of somebody i knew before long long long ago
but I'm still trying to make my mind up
am I free or am I tied up

I change shapes just to hide in this place but i'm still, i'm still an animal
nobody knows it but me when i slip yeah i slip
im still an animal

there is a hole and i tried to fill up with money, money , money
but it gets bigger to your hopes is always

running,running,running

in your eyes i see the eyes of somebody of who could be (slow?)
tell me if i'm wrong
and now i'm pulling your disguise up
or you free or are you tied up

i change shapes just to hide in this place but i'm still i'm still an animal
nobody knows it but me when i slip
I'm still an animal

i change shapes just to hide in this place but im still im still an animal
nobody knows it but me when i slip yeah i slip
I'm still an animal

:instrumental break:

i change shapes just to hide in this place but im still im still an animal
nobody knows it but me when i slip yeah i slip
I'm still an animal x2

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jonrules
06-14-2009

Rated +3

This song is about someone who can't decide what to do with his life. He had dreams of becoming something great when he was younger, but now he's contemplating whether he needs to let go and accept the normal course of life that he's currently living. He's not sure if he's free or if he's tied up, in other words, he doesn't know if he's actually still working toward accomplishing his dreams or if he's already given-in to being an average person.

He refers to himself as an animal, because, no matter what he tries to become, he always slips back to his instinctual nature. He tries to change shapes by pretending to accept the place that he's in, but, underneath it all, he's still the same unsatisfied person. He always needs more, so he will always be chasing some unattainable fantasy.

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