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In the song 'Animal' I'm singing from the perspective of one of the 'bad guys' from my album, “For the Wolf, a Good Meal“ (2011). Most of the story that weaves through that album takes place near and under the sea, so when the brilliant French photographer Vinciane Verguethen was visiting Stockholm I brought her down to the water on Djurgården to try to catch the feel of that dark but hopeful tale. Fellow musicians from the album- Andreas Nordell and Erik Nilsson also joined in the fun. Here are a few shots from that day, almost a decade ago, where we caught a bit of magic. And below are the lyrics. My latest album, ‘Hunger Made You Brave,’(2018) picks up where the story of ‘For the Wolf, a Good Meal’ ended and continues up into the stars. Next month we'll be releasing another video from that- The Binding of Fenrir (another bad guy- or was he???) ANIMAL lyrics (Krig to Elyse) YOU CRAWLED UP FROM THE GUTTER- YOU SAY YOU’VE SEEN THE LIGHT NOW YOU WANT TO LIVE LIFE BETTER YOUR SENTIMENT IS RATHER TRITE YOU SAY THAT YOU’VE LEARNED YOUR LESSONS BUT LESSONS THEY TAKE TIME MEANWHILE THERE ARE SO MANY TEMPTATIONS HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF MINE I LOVED HER LIKE A DAUGHTER SHE TOLD YOU SHE’S MY SLAVE ?! AFTER EVERYTHING I GAVE HER THAT THING STILL WON’T BEHAVE -SHE’S AN ANIMAL AN ANIMAL YOU OUGHT TO HEAR MY STORY BUT I HAVEN’T GOT THE TIME TO OFFER A CONTRITION FOR THE WAY I SPEND MY TIME TO MAKE YOU SEE MY ANGLE YOU’D HAVE TO STEP INSIDE MY PALACE OF ILLUSIONS WHERE THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN HIDE- MY LITTLE ANIMAL I GRANT PEOPLE THEIR WISHES THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES THEN I EXPECT COMPENSATION ONLY ASKING FOR WHATS MINE BEFORE WE GO MUCH FURTHER- BEFORE I LET YOU GO YOU KNOW YOU REALLY DON’T DESERVE HER THERE’S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU’RE STILL AN ANIMAL AN ANIMAL I COLLECTED HER THE SAME WAY THAT THE SEA COLLECTED ME AND SHE’LL DO THE SAME I TELL YOU—JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE SHE COMPLAINS OF FEELING EMPTY—SHE’S ALWAYS WANTING MORE I TOLD HER THAT I KNOW THE FEELING—WHAT’S SHE THINK I TOOK HER FOR BUT HER APPETITE IS RAVENOUS FOR ONE SO YOUNG AND THIN SHE’S ON THE HUNT FOR MORE THAN ALL THE TREASURES IN MY DEN SHE’S AN ANIMAL AN ANIMAL I THINK SHE’S GONNA LEAVE ME I GUESS I’LL LET HER GO BUT I’VE GIVEN HER SO MUCH YOU KNOW SHE REALLY OWES ME MORE I THINK SHE’S GONNA LEAVE ME I GUESS I’LL LET HER GO BUT I’LL NEED A NEW DISTRACTION THIS MUCH YOU HAVE TO KNOW CAUSE I’M AN ANIMAL #wendymcneill #accordionstory #forthewolfagoodmeal
