Everything's alive and wild and dying There's beauty in the sweat, the blood, and the crying I played house for a while and I got lost in the trying Mmm, since I was a child I've been fighting I am an animal My wild's undeniable A miracle, a mess Ethereal, blood and flesh I am an animal Our stories and plans are so defining The future and the past are both bad timing Blindfolded promises in a rush to make it last I couldn't marry him that fall The leaves were changing reminding me that I am an animal My wild's undeniable A miracle, a mess Ethereal, blood and flesh I am an animal Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh My body's soft But all teeth can cut The animal is in all of us Hm, hmmm Oh I am an animal My wild's undeniable A miracle, a mess Ethereal, blood and flesh Oh, I am an animal