Only Animals

[Intro – synth arpeggio, heartbeat kick, wordless female chant] (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) Tick, tick, boom… [Chorus – full band, explosive] We run on instinct We run on fire Something older than words Pulling us higher Hands in the night Teeth in the dark We're only animals After all (Hey! Hey! Hey!) [Verse 1] We put on clothes We say the words Build our walls Call it civilized Beneath crisp collars, pulse racing thin The old drum beats Louder than the lullaby [Pre-Chorus – building, bass pulse] The night is calling, calling The blood is calling, calling And I can't pretend Not anymore [Chorus] We run on instinct We run on fire Something older than words Pulling us higher Hands in the night Teeth in the dark We're only animals After all (Hey! Hey! Hey!) [Verse 2 – half-length, punchy fragments] Crown the hunger Feed the fever Every saint Was born a liar We clench our jaw Beneath the choir We burn the light To feed the fire [Breakdown – whispered vocals, heartbeat drums, stripped arpeggio] Tick… tock… You can cage the wolf But not the teeth Tick… tock… You can teach the man But not the beast [Primal Chant – gang vocals, tribal drums, full energy] We are the wild, wild, wild We are the wild ones We are the wild, wild, wild Borne with the hunger [Final Chorus – layered vocals, echoes, maximum anthem] We run on instinct (run on instinct) We run on fire (run on fire) Something older than words Pulling us higher Hands in the night Teeth in the dark We're only animals We're only animals We're only animals After all [Outro – deconstructed, arpeggio only, fading heartbeat] We're only animals… After all… (Hey… Hey… Hey…)