Nature Of The Beast

If you go deep down inside my eye's
Do you see a saviour, a prophet or even a priest?
Or do you only see the blackness there
That's the nature of the beast.

The one that you should fear the most
May be the ones you fear the least
If you know me then you have to know
The nature of the beast.

There are hungry devils everywhere
It's on my heart they feast
Let me rise above the carcass of this all too mortal beast
If I had the chance I'd fly away, I'd see myself released
I'd fly above the carcass of this poor, pathetic beast.

I don't know why you try to make me doubt you
I don't know why when I believe my spirit so
Some day soon, they'll no longer threaten you
Till that day all my prayers are yours
Until then, all my prayers are yours.

The things that you despise the most
Maybe the ones that can stand the least
There are lots of things
You've yet to learn about the nature of the beast.

There's always wars and plagues and death
The terrors have never ceased
There's nothing you or I can do
About the nature of the beast.

I'm not afraid, you taught me that
You fool why can't you see
I'm not listening to a word you say
It was God sent you to me.

What's the only sound left in this world
When every other sound has ceased?
It's the breathing in and the breathing out
It's still, it's still, in me
It's still the nature of the beast.

There are hungry devils everywhere
It's on my heart they feast
Let me rise above the carcass of this pitiable beast
If I had the chance I'd fly away
I'd see my soul released
I'd fly above the carcass of the nature of the beast.

There's a prayer for the lost and for the lonely
There's a prayer to make the blind one's see
But if you, you are not what you must be
Then it's true you haven't got a prayer for me
And I, I haven't got a prayer:.. I have nothing.

So many things in your life that your bound to regret
Why didn't I do this?
Why didn't I do that?
So many chances you've lost that you'll never forget.

So many unspoken vows
So many unopened doors
So many unbroken chains
So many unsettled scores
Why didn't I take it? W
Hy didn't I make it come true?

No one's ever looked at me
No one's ever looked at me
The way you're looking at me now.