The Beast Within Lyrics - Jim Carroll

If give me your ear 

I'll whisper you wind that could soothe your burnt blood 

The door is right here 

Breathing the air filled with powders and porn 

Now comes the dawn 

If I release the dove 

Would it betray the sky and return to your cage 

In the river above 

Can I fold back the pages and just take one look 

Into your jungle book 

Refrain: some say it's a lie, some say it's a sin 

Do you know how it ends if you won't let it begin? 

You feel it waking now beneath your skin 

You can't live without the beast within 

If you lift up your veil 

Then I'll finish the features that aren't quite done 

How could we fail 

With all the miraculous masks that we wear 

In shadows and stares 

Let's seal out the dare 

Your eyes like morning, naked and wet 

What price will we pay? 

Now think back and tell me how we ever got here 

Such tender years 

Some say it's a lie, some say it's a sin . . .