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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
I'm 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 strong
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 I'm still I'm still an animal
Nobody knows it but me when I slip yeah I slip
I'm still an animal

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
I'm still an animal x2

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jonrules
06-14-2009

Rated +6 
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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yppahmi2
07-11-2009

Rated +1 
i LOOOOOOVE this song.
oh my god.
best summer song ever.
i agree with jonrules.
i think the song is kind of the oppoiste of the meaning though, cause it has a really happy feeling to it, but then it's about never being able to attain something you're looking for.

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yaaaymusic
07-24-2009

Rated -2 
this song is sooo great! i love it! oh and in the lyrics, where it says "slow?" i'm pretty sure the right word there is "strong", right?

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altbob
08-11-2009

Rated +1 
Every time I hear this song I think about the Animorphs by K.A. Applegate. I bet anything Mikke Snow read those books too!

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Udaho
10-13-2009

Rated 0 
I love how he says it like "an-a-moo",
instead of an-a-MAL. This song rox,
thanx ALTNation!



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pepperjack537
11-07-2009

Rated 0 
i think it means no matter as we create ourselves to be our true form will always take place and know where we came from

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frankfrank
12-29-2009

Rated -1 
he says manimal. he just does.

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Spiritualfish
01-16-2010

Rated +1 
Basically a song for all of the square pegs out there trying to fit into the round holes that society provide us with
striving for the balance between being true to ones inner self and the primal need to be accepted
brilliant song!!



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cfwest
01-17-2010

Rated 0 
to me its about we still are subject to our vices and we are still just animals. so in other words we are subject to emotion and impulse and also what spiritual and jon said haha

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sycosims
01-20-2010

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the song for me is about shedding social camouflage and embracing our true nature in order to find true happiness with in us, we all might strive to keep attain material things to try to be cool and gain image in hope of finding acceptance and happiness but in reality we only become slaves to our egos in the long run....

so he feels the answer is in the simple joys of life and never giving up the dream

he then realizes how sad it is to go on living in pretense after having found the light

and he is trying to show his friends still left in darkness the joys in the simplicity of just being your self and living life the way that makes you happy free of social and self inflicted slavery to image and materialism

sounds right?

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