My sister gave me an encyclopedia of mythical creatures. I thought the manticore was the most frightening thing imaginable and needed a song. I liked it so much that I entertained the idea of doing an album called Beastiary that would be based upon entries from this book. None of the other songs would have been as good as Manticore so the project was abandoned before it began. The idea of the victim's consciousness being trapped inside the beast is something I made up, but it sounds neat.
Written 20, 21 August 2005.
lyrics
Out of the blue
it appeared to me
walking down 42nd street
I turned away
but I couldn't escape
the feeling that this was my day
Oh, Manticore
'is it real
or is it a dream?'
the only thing my mind could scream
I did not wish
to take the risk
but my brain could not handle it
Oh, manticore
Manticore, please don't eat me
I've got someplace else to be
I'm sure that you can sympathize
I swear it's true, look in my eyes
I made my first
mistake right there
he hit me with his mesmer glare
came right up
and tore me in two
and within moments I was consumed
Oh, manticore
Manticore, why do I persist
in having my own conciousness?
is this my fate to forever see
your next victim but give no warning?
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