In the song 'Animal' I'm singing from the perspective of one of the 'bad guys' from my album, "For the Wolf, a Good Meal" (2011).
Most of the story that weaves through that album takes place near and under the sea, so when the brilliant French photographer Vinciane Verguethen was visiting Stockholm I brought her down to the water on Djurgården to try to catch the feel of that dark but hopeful tale. Fellow musicians from the album- Andreas Nordell and Erik Nilsson also joined in the fun. Here are a few shots from that day, almost a decade ago, where we caught a bit of magic. And below are the lyrics.
My latest album, ‘Hunger Made You Brave,’(2018) picks up where the story of ‘For the Wolf, a Good Meal’ ended and continues up into the stars. Next month we'll be releasing another video from that- The Binding of Fenrir (another bad guy- or was he???)
ANIMAL lyrics (Krig to Elyse)
YOU CRAWLED UP FROM THE GUTTER-
YOU SAY YOU’VE SEEN THE LIGHT
NOW YOU WANT TO LIVE LIFE BETTER
YOUR SENTIMENT IS RATHER TRITE
YOU SAY THAT YOU’VE LEARNED YOUR LESSONS BUT LESSONS THEY TAKE TIME
MEANWHILE THERE ARE SO MANY TEMPTATIONS
HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF MINE
I LOVED HER LIKE A DAUGHTER
SHE TOLD YOU SHE’S MY SLAVE ?!
AFTER EVERYTHING I GAVE HER
THAT THING STILL WON’T BEHAVE -SHE’S AN ANIMAL
AN ANIMAL
YOU OUGHT TO HEAR MY STORY
BUT I HAVEN’T GOT THE TIME
TO OFFER A CONTRITION
FOR THE WAY I SPEND MY TIME
TO MAKE YOU SEE MY ANGLE
YOU’D HAVE TO STEP INSIDE
MY PALACE OF ILLUSIONS
WHERE THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN HIDE- MY LITTLE ANIMAL
I GRANT PEOPLE THEIR WISHES THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES
THEN I EXPECT COMPENSATION ONLY ASKING FOR WHATS MINE BEFORE WE GO MUCH FURTHER- BEFORE I LET YOU GO
YOU KNOW YOU REALLY DON’T DESERVE HER
THERE’S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW
YOU’RE STILL AN ANIMAL
AN ANIMAL
I COLLECTED HER THE SAME WAY THAT THE SEA COLLECTED ME
AND SHE’LL DO THE SAME I TELL YOU-JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE
SHE COMPLAINS OF FEELING EMPTY-SHE’S ALWAYS WANTING MORE
I TOLD HER THAT I KNOW THE FEELING-WHAT’S SHE THINK I TOOK HER FOR
BUT HER APPETITE IS RAVENOUS FOR ONE SO YOUNG AND THIN
SHE’S ON THE HUNT FOR MORE THAN ALL THE TREASURES IN MY DEN
SHE’S AN ANIMAL
AN ANIMAL
I THINK SHE’S GONNA LEAVE ME
I GUESS I’LL LET HER GO
BUT I’VE GIVEN HER SO MUCH
YOU KNOW SHE REALLY OWES ME MORE I THINK SHE’S GONNA LEAVE ME
I GUESS I’LL LET HER GO
BUT I’LL NEED A NEW DISTRACTION THIS MUCH YOU HAVE TO KNOW
CAUSE I’M AN ANIMAL
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1 окт 2024
