Nature of the Beast

from Ego by The Animal State

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 4 The Animal State releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Pantheon, Mausoleum, Ego, and Genus. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      £14.30 GBP or more (35% OFF)

     

lyrics

In the glint of an eye
Where the animal rests
An atavism quiet
In the waiting depths
But I see it wake
When your numbers are high
And the light of thought is doused in froth and bile

And I can feel the rabid steel
Biting at my heart
Behind my teeth a primal scream
That would echo to the stars
There’s always been this fight between
The light against the dark
The tribal seam it runs so deep
It would tear us all apart
It’s not a virtue or a sin
It’s just the nature of the beast

Don’t look now there’s a shadow at your heels
Don’t look down where the darkness sleeps

Do you play what you preach?
Do you carve your own track?
Do you shit where you eat?
Do you follow the pack?
Did you fall asleep, god
At the wheel of creation
Or am I just seeing faces in the clouds?

And I can feel the rabid steel
Biting at my heart
Behind my teeth a primal scream
That would echo to the stars
There’s always been this fight between
The light against the dark
The tribal seam it runs so deep
It would tear us all apart
It’s not a virtue or a sin
It’s just the nature of the beast

Don’t look now there’s a darkness at your heels
Don’t look down where the shadow sleeps

And I can feel the rabid steel
Biting at my heart
Behind my teeth a primal scream
That would echo to the stars
There’s always been this fight between
The light against the dark
The tribal seam it runs so deep
It would tear us all apart
It’s not a virtue or a sin
It’s just the nature of the beast

Don’t look now there’s a shadow at your heels
Don’t look down where the darkness sleeps

credits

from Ego, released January 7, 2022

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Animal State image

The Animal State Portsmouth, UK

The Animal State is a one-piece progressive metal and alternative rock band created by multi-instrumentalist Col Mullins. With a wide range of influences spanning multiple genres, his music could be placed somewhere on the rock spectrum between Mastodon and King Crimson—loud, metamorphic and with an irresistible driving energy. ... more

contact / help

Contact The Animal State

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like The Animal State, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now