The Big Cats - Manticore Lyrics

I hear something creepin' round my house at night
Something wild, something old
With a voice like flutes and trumpets it tries to lure me outside
Into the dark, to swallow me whole
I don't dare look out my window because I know what I'll see
A lion with a man's face and gleaming blood-red eyes
There's no point in trying to escape what's waiting for me
The vermilion beast will run me down faster than a bird flies
Manticore, Manticore
Night after night I hear it crawling out my door
Manticore, Manticore
Night after night I hear it crawling out my door
Manticore
Manticore, Manticore
Night after night I hear it crawling out my door
All my dreams are filled with teeth in triple rows
And a deadly scorpion's tail and barbs that fly like arrows
I hear something creepin' round my house at night
Trying to swallow me whole, bones and all
Manticore, Manticore
Night after night I hear it crawling out my door
Manticore, Manticore
Night after night I hear it crawling out my door
Manticore
Manticore