The Mr. Hyde Jive Lyrics

You'd better run

You'd better hide

You'd better sneak away from the creature that's inside

All it takes is one stray, unfortunate night

To lay the foundation for the tomb in which you'll lie

I know it seems so fun to spend all of your time

trapped within the entropy you've created in your mind

But please do heed my warning, son. You're not so different than I

The day that you succumb to me is the day that we both die

Is that what you wanna hear? Come on, man, no need to fear

You've lived your life so clean and coddled, so don't act so queer

Or perhaps act even more so. Put your hand up on his torso

Put your lips up to the bottle and let the liquid run its course

Though, perhaps you're Dr. Right? If so, then I'll be Mr. Wrong

Wanton with the wicked deeds. Come on! You've had your song

They say that when a good man's eyelids rain, a bad one's drink is poured

So say hello to the main event and say goodbye to the before

And raise a glass up to the one and only; the lowly, unholy Gothic Whore!

You'd better run. You'd better hide

You'd better to pray to God that our paths do not collide

Monsters. Murder. Mayhem all await the feeble mind

The back-end of morality rears its head out in the night

You'd best conspire. You'd best connive

You know the Devil will not go down without a fight

Kick an old man to the fuckin' ground just for looking at me snide

Dr. Jekyll has left the building. You can call me Mr. Hyde

Aw man, screw that tempo!

That ain't no jive at all

Pick up the pace, paint desire on your face

And see just how quickly they fall!

The dishonourable Edward Hyde

The King of Vice that can't be retconned

The backside of the coin the weak are too afraid to bet on

Flip it in the air and see just which way the wind blows

Then throw it in the slots and see how far your luck goes

Succumb to the song of the sinner and see the sunset

Slowly sink down to show that the sonnet's still not done yet

To think that they thought that that theologist could stop this

HA! I promise not one orison could stop this hotness

Hey… I'm just being honest

But please, forgive me if I'm sounding nonsensical

It's just that it's hard to remain sensible when my thoughts verge on unethical

The things I think are reprehensible!

Oh, yes, my mind's eye sides with the incomprehensible

An addict combating a lack of sobriety

His drink of choice? A mental breakdown of the existential variety

This lackadaisical cage he calls 'light compliance,' see

Is yet another lie to try to disguise the key

But there's no better way to be than basal, with no agency

Your past and present faces me with unyielding vacancy

My atrophy besteth thee with incredible efficacy

So dwell not on history and look to where you want to be

And he'll say that that's far, far, far, far, far, far away from me

But don't crawl away. Don't run and hide

Don't play the hero, no, you know you won't survive

He did this to himself, man. I'm just the other side

For every Henry in this world, there's an Edward stuck behind

So play your songs and roll the dice

Try your hand at impulse and lay the other on someone nice

Feed the demon a bite of freedom, just a morsel now and then will do

And if you sense dissension, please, do pay attention

'Cos you know that demon is you

It hurts to see that rotten beast

But more than it hurts to think does it hurt when it's unleashed

So keep it docile. Keep it on your side

Lest you look upon its wrath from the back of your own mind

You know it's true. Don't avert your eyes

This is just what happens when you split virtue from vice

Death, despair, decay will extract what's left of life

And right when you need a doctor

I'll be there to twist the knife