Cursive – Horror Is A Human Being lyrics

I took confession for my sins
The priest received me with
A hint of insolence
Like he's some fuckin' saint of piety
I told him things I've never told
How I awoke and swore
I'd had the darkest dream
But it was real as real can be:

In the night I heard a scream
I ran out to the street
The moon a bloody yolk above me
I saw the beast with my own two eyes
I saw the beast and it spared my life
It saw something in me
I wish it hadn't seen

I lived to tell the tale
So I could lead the little lambs to slaughter
"Who of you would care to see
The razor claws, the gnashing teeth! "
Oh please, the beast is near and dear
Your fears, it's just a hall of mirrors—
Familiar freaks
Horror is a human being

In the night I heard a scream
I cried out for my love
Her nightgown strewn across the bedroom
I heard the beast in the barren night
I heard the beast and I realized
I'd damned myself again,
Unleashed a demon kin

The darkness of a man
Can spread across a village like a virus
"Who of you would care to see
The Hitlers, the Mussolinis!
Fathers and sons locked in arms
Marching down your very street! "
Oh please, just turn on your tv
It's there — it isn't history
But soon we'll be

Horror is a human being