Animal Liberation

The animal crouched in the corner

Teeth clenched, ready to kill

The child maintained his ground by the bed

Challenging the creature's will

Suddenly they stopped

In a fog of blood and tears

Upon the revelation

That the one they fought was a mirror

Then the child got up

And the animal knew the time had come

For what was separated long ago

Must now be made into one

The image that binds us

Is a creation of our mind

Let is go and the rest will flow in time

And I knew you were hurt

Playin' it off like you were tough

Cause I saw your spirit shrivel

When suddenly you thought

You weren't good enough

And I think it's sad, so sad

I think it's bad for our health

To let hurtful words and thorny spurs keep us

From being ourselves

So at the end of the song

The message that comes through

Is you gotta be true to what grows on you

People gonna judge

People gonna always suck you in

Just remember what works for you

May not work for them

Everybody in the workd today

Has an animal they need to liberate

Everybody, everyone