This is not me you're seeing
This could not be the shape of my bones
And that howl that you're hearing
Emanates from your very own throat
But in the deepest dark
Out in the blackest swamp
My limbs will twist into tales that you have told
All I could ask of you
Get out your sharpened knife
Cut this hand and see blood just like your own
So they tell all the children
"Rougarou wants to snatch you away"
Though I find off the urges
I slip a little bit further each day
Behind these gnashing teeth
Beneath this shambling form
My pulse will quicken until my heart is torn
I try to wrest control
Undo the knotted thread
But I forget where it ends and I begin
I'll push the door down tight
I'll keep the wolf at bay
You shouldn't tremble so
No, you should run away
I cannot stop myself
I cannot stop myself
I cannot stop myself
I cannot stop myself
I did not ask to be this
It's my body that's carried me off
Where those damn birds are chirping
And I'm scared that they never will stop
Out in the thickest wood
Where I could hide myself
I will not take the bite, even if it's offered me
So just forget you saw
And don't recall the sound
The sinews stretching, the bones cracking underneath
I'll push the door down tight
I'll keep the wolf at bay
You shouldn't tremble so
No, you should run away
I cannot stop myself
I cannot stop myself
I cannot stop myself
I cannot stop myself
Rougarou...
Rougarou...
You shouldn't tremble so
No, you should run away
Rougarou...
credits
from Cryptids,
released January 1, 2012
Written and performed by Derek Lee Miller.
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