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That Unwanted Animal

from The Horror and the Wild by The Amazing Devil

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There’s a second wind coming
As we lie here in our bed
It rattles the bones of our fathers
Carries whispers from the dead,

And you, you light a candle.
And I make sure the bairns are fed.

You turn the telly on
To drown out your fear
And make the bed up silent on the floor
So no-one will hear us
You try so loud to love me
But I cannot seem to hear.

Cos you, you touch
My skin peels off like paint
But beneath all of our panting
There’s this noise I cannot shake

(Cos you you touch my pain
All our panting shame)

Can’t you hear that scratching?
There’s something at the door.

But the wind has picked us up now
We’re hanging in the air
And as you grip me like an animal
That you’re about to spear

‘Be good to me,’ I whisper. And you say ‘what’. And I said ‘nothing dear.’

Can’t you hear it?
It can hear you
It wants me to

(Throw the plate at the wall)

I’m the paper cut that kills you
I’m the priest that you ignored
I’m the touch you crave, I’m the plans that you made, but fuck all your plans I’m bored

And can’t you hear that scratching?
I ask your eyes

I’ve got knuckle burn from typing all these lines into your chest
And as the belt from your buckle is tightening I make shipwrecks out of my dress
And the door below it splinters
And the creature creeps inside

And we fall into each other
The scratching grows so loud
Because that unwanted animal
Wants nothing more than to get out
And I scream

‘Oh What’s the time Mr Wolf?’
But you, you’re blind, you bleat, you bear your claws

And you rip my ribcage open
And devour what’s truly yours
And our screaming joins in unison
I cry out to the lord

Cos if we join our hands in prayer enough
To God I imagine it all starts to sound like applause.

Can’t you hear it?
It can hear you.
It wants you to….

And those plates they smash like waves
(Place your hand in mine)
And on the wind it howls
(How long can this last?)
But that second wind is coming love, it’s coming for all we own
And on the creature scratches, it doesn’t know how to get out (let me out)
And you, you follow philosophies
But me, I laugh I choke
‘Well hello, my hollow Holofernes’
I wink but you don’t get the joke
‘Hold the hand of the god-child’ they said
‘As he falls from the sky'
Be good to me I beg of him
Be good to me I beg of him
Be good be good be good be good be good be good be good
And he replies…

‘No no, not I.’

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from The Horror and the Wild, released February 29, 2020

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The Amazing Devil London, UK

The Amazing Devil is a dramatic, lyrical alt-folk band formed by Joey Batey and Madeleine Hyland. They released their debut album Love Run in 2016 to considerable acclaim ('a masterpiece’ - FATEA, 'the best thing I have heard this year’ - For Folk's Sake).

In 2019, Madeleine and Joey recorded their second studio album - The Horror and the Wild - which was released in February 2020. ... more

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