The Jealous Beast Within

Under my skin, under my skin There’s a little black animal living within Hush now, honey, don’t let it begin Bury the beast, bury the beast within Within… within… within… Three in the morning, blue light on my face Miles in between us, I’m losing the race I dream of your fingers, your mouth on my cheek But the silence gets louder the longer we speak And there in the mirror, a shadow appears It feeds on the static, it drinks all my fears It whispers, “What if there’s somebody new? What if they touch him the way that you do?” No, no, no — I know that it’s lying Red, red, red — all the alarms are firing Heart goes click-click, teeth go bite I know I’m the one, so why fight all night? Bury the beast, beast, beast within Love me, love me — let the light back in Mine is the heart that you’re falling in Bury the beast, beast, beast within Touch me, touch me, I’m under your skin Closer and closer, again and again Nobody, nobody — where do I begin? Bury the beast, beast, beast within Beast within, beast within I am the love, not the fear within. Ba-ba-bury it Ba-ba-bury it Little black monster, don’t you dare disturb it Love-love-love, let the signal come through I don’t want the fear, I just want you Bury, bury, bury it… I know what I bring, I know what I give A love that goes deeper than the life that we live No one could hold you with all that I hold No one could love you through oceans of cold But the beast has a mouth and it knows how to speak Turns a moment of silence to a ten-storey peak Makes a stranger a rival, a screen into sin Builds a whole tragedy I’m not even in I’m not your detective, I’m not your disguise I don’t need to chase every ghost in your eyes I know who I am, I know what is true I want to be there, with my hands holding you No, no, no — I won’t feed the fire Higher, higher — but my love runs higher Heart goes click-click, the circuit rewinds I’m yours in the flesh, but I’m trapped in my mind Bury the beast, beast, beast within Love me, love me — let the light back in Mine is the heart that you’re falling in Bury the beast, beast, beast within Touch me, touch me, I’m under your skin Closer and closer, again and again Nobody, nobody — where do I begin? Bury the beast, beast, beast within I want your weight beside me Your heartbeat to remind me That love is not a battlefield That fear is not a prophecy I want your arms around me Your warm skin to ground me No pixels, no pretending Just our bodies, no ending And if I am the only one Why does my mind invent a war? I am not the shadow in the room I am the one you’re reaching for I am the one… I am the one… Little beast, little beast You don't get to speak for me Little beast, little beast You don't get to feed on me I am not my fear I am not my fear I am not my fear— Bury the beast, beast, beast within Love me, love me — let the light back in I know my worth, let the healing begin Bury the beast, beast, beast within Touch me, touch me, let the distance dissolve Give me your body, let me give you it all Unconditional, under my skin I am the love — not the beast within Beast within, beast within I am the love, not the fear within Beast within, beast within Bury the beast and let the light back in Ba-ba-bury it… Ba-ba-bury it… I am the love, not the fear within.