So this is how
I defeat the beast.
This is now,
When I am free.
You are erased
Along with my pain;
How hidden your face,
How loose your reign.

So this is the way
My soul reacts
Without you astray–
My heart’s true pact
With peace and calm;
Soft-spoken, controlled,
Quiet around all,
As I do as I’m told.

So this is the beast
That I feel still–
Growling for feast
Beneath quiet will.
You may be beaten,
Crushed inside;
But I hear you waiting
For our worlds to collide.

So this is where you hide
Away from all,
Waiting, deep inside
For when night falls;
When the full moon
Rises high,
Calling you to roam
From where you lie.

So this I hear
From below my soul;
This I fear
With moonlight’s toll.
You tear my mask,
As I fall to the ground,
Beaten at last.

So this is how
I try to quell.
This is how
I never tell
Of the beast living
Within my skin.
Of the beast giving
To the world more sin.
No matter how
I try to win
You’re always oh-
So deep within.

So this is how
It is at last;
The pain that now
Engulfs me fast.
This is the fight
I'm forced to lose
When my soul takes flight,
Unmasking my ruse.

So this is the way
I'm made a slave
After the day,
With no chance to save
My heart where I,
Held in so deep,
Do truly lie;
But now, there I keep.

So this the beast
That in me dwells;
This is the least
Of me as well.
This is the power
Held over me
That flowers
When I take my leave.

So this is where I hide,
Away from all,
Waiting, deep inside
For morning's call.
Somewhere past my
Skin and bones
To a place I lie
That isn't known.

So this I hear
From my crevice,
Where hidden tears
Are always missed;
Above me howls
Beyond compare--
I hardly tell
That I still care.

So this is how
I perish still;
This is how
I lose my will.
This beast has quelled me;
This beast won't give.
This beast has killed me,
Though deep within I live;
Yes, deep within
I somehow thrive,
Deep within
I stay alive...

So this is how
I am a pawn.
Yes, this is how
I was horribly wronged.
You stole everything
My hopes, my dreams.
In but one night
My life ripped at the seams.

So this is the way
You carelessly throw
Other lives away;
This is how you know
To make mothers cry
And fathers grow shamed;
You smile when they die
And laugh when they’re maimed.

So this is the beast
That you truly are.
This is the beast
That you use to mar
Children of innocence,
The young, the carefree;
You maul without pretense,
As you did me.

So this is where you hide,
Away from all,
Waiting, with your kind
For moonlight’s call,
And then you kill,
Destroying lives
With your pathetic will,
The way you did mine.

So this I hear
With daily news.
This I fear
With my own rouse.
Your bite infected
Me and now, I am but
A werewolf, detested
By those all around.

So this is how
The wolf is passed.
This is how
I am at last.
The curse spread
From tooth to skin,
The curse you shed
From deep within.
It was in you,
But now, it seems
The wolf from you
Is now in me.