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Algiers

Animals

From The Underside of Power2015

Written by Franklin James Fisher, Lee Tesche, Matt Tong

Lyrics

Animals

They used to wear the sign on the right hand side But now they send you letters asking you to subscribe So they can bow their heads while he hates so loud And say, "You don't say. No, you don't say. You don't say."

Switching hands to show its freedom of choice You better speak now before you confuse the voices

Don't feed the animals, they'll only take you in

They planted all the corpses on the side of the house And now they act surprised that they're beginning to sprout

And now the old man's walking around and around

Screaming, "It's my turn! Now it's my turn! It's MY turn!"

While he conspires with the pig who's been ousted They're hoping that you never figure it out now Don't feed the animals, they'll only come back again

They're hiding in all the corners and the cracks of the culture

Then they stay there and hide until it's just the right cult Of personality to power and absorb all their shame And say, "It's OK now. It's OK. It's OK."

And promises to send the problems away So they can wash their hands when they discover the mass graves

Don't feed the animals, they only feign innocence

They are the judge and jury once they've finally found you

Once they send out the skeletons to go out and round up All the prophets and the powerless to put them on trial Before they're shot down. You get shot down. You're shot down

Or else they're gonna try to get you to join them

But just don't try to say that we didn't warn you Don't feed the animals, you could become one of them

About this track

"Animals" is a song by Algiers from the album The Underside of Power, released in 2015. The song was written by Franklin James Fisher, Lee Tesche, Matt Tong, Ryan Mahan. It was produced by Adrian Utley, Ali Chant.

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  • Franklin James Fisher— 57 credits as songwriter →
  • Lee Tesche— 44 credits as songwriter →
  • Matt Tong— 147 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • Ryan Mahan— 52 credits as songwriter →

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