Creature in the Dark Lyrics

Hold your breath

Don't give in yet

Temper your heart with an epithet

Don't loosen your grip or let your eyes slip

Make sure your teeth are set

Close your ears and cut out the lies of the creatures you fear

For the hounds howl at your heels

We'll head for the hills

For the higher ground

And we'll never come down

And we'll scratch at the legs

Cut at the throats of the creatures that cry

That we're not good enough

Because what have they done that's better than us

Don't turn your back to the open door

Or the wolves will come in with the clever east wind

And don't leave a hole in the back of your head

No room for the liar to let himself in

Close your ears and cut out the eyes of the creatures you fear

The hounds howl at your heels

We'll head for the hills

For the higher ground

And we'll never come down

And we'll scratch at the legs

We'll cut at the throats of the creatures that cry

That we're not good enough

Because what have they done that's better than us

Don't answer their questions

Don't bow at their thrones

Their crown is a shackle

Their prophesy, bones

Don't kneel at their altars

Or the blood will be yours

A cyanide wellspring on a desert march

The hounds will howl at your heels

We'll head for the hills

For the higher ground

And we'll never come down

And we'll scratch at the legs

We'll cut at the throats of the creatures that cry

That we're not good enough

Because what have they done that's better than us

What have they done that's better than us