Provoking the Beast

Feels good to have you back,
It was rather quiet here
And I was missing you, my demons.

Now that you're back,
We can get back on track
And take this fight to the finish.

What do you want?
What do you need?
Is there no end to your greed?
How long do I have to plead?
And how long do I keep,
Digging out demons from the deep,
When it's time for
Provoking the beast,
Provoking the beast.

I seek you, my demons
As my hate fills me with life
And my fingers reach and strive
To close around your throat.

Here we will roll on the floor
With our fangs buried deep inside
Even though we define each other
And killing one will finish off the other.

(As I sharpen my knife with which to slit open your throat)

It burns and it bleeds,
Sucks my life out like a leech,
What kind of monsters do you breed,
They grow the more you feed.
No time left to plead
Only way to uproot the disease, is by
Provoking the beast,
Provoking the beast.

Soft interlude:
Is there a way to be complete and healed
Is there a way to be free
Will I ever be free
Can I ever be free and healed

Soft musical interlude - only music

Interlude: (Try the Careful what you wish interlude in King Nothing)
No time for love (soft)
No time for mercy (soft)
No time for love (louder, angrier)
No time for mercy (louder, angrier, rage)
Only way to be complete
Is by provoking the beast, provoking the beast
Only way to be free
Is by provoking the beast, provoking the beast
Only way I can live (each syllable gets 1 beat, see Voice 887provokingthebeastend in my mobile recordings)
Is by provoking the beast
And FINISHING THE BEAST!!! (scream the capitalized text)

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(Feeding the beast?)

In the final reckoning the masks are off.

Taking control of what is (used to be) my soul
Which I look at in an abstracted way with a sardonic grin.
One of us must die in the final fight.