A lamb, waiting for wolves to take my meat<\/p>\n
When monstrous teeth sunk deep into my flesh<\/p>\n
Changed the molecules of who I am<\/p>\n
And now I\u00a0raven, wild beneath the moon.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
When monstrous teeth sunk deep into my flesh<\/p>\n
I howled with the pain of transformation<\/p>\n
And now I raven, wild beneath the moon<\/p>\n
Pretending to be human in the day<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I howled with the pain of transformation,<\/p>\n
Infected by a bestial honesty.<\/p>\n
Pretending to be human in the day<\/p>\n
Is hard when I just want to rip out throats.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Infection by a bestial honesty<\/p>\n
Changed the molecules of whom I am.<\/p>\n
It’s hard when I just want to rip out throats<\/p>\n
Of lambs, waiting for wolves to make them meat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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