If give me your ear
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I'll whisper you wind that could soothe your burnt blood
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The door is right here
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breathing the air filled with powders and porn
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now comes the dawn
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If I release the dove
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Would it betray the sky and return to your cage
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In the river above
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Can I fold back the pages and just take one look
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into your jungle book
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Refrain: Some say it's a lie, some say it's a sin
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Do you know how it ends if you won't let it begin?
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You feel it waking now beneath your skin
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You can't live without the beast within
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If you lift up your veil
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Then I'll finish the features that aren't quite done
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How could we fail
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With all the miraculous masks that we wear
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In shadows and stares
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Let's seal out the dare
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Your eyes like morning, naked and wet
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What price will we pay?
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Now think back and tell me how we ever got here
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Such tender years
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Some say it's a lie, some say it's a sin . . .
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The Beast Within
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| Jim Carroll |
