Animus Necandi

Cold and terrible winds follow me as I search

For another soul to satisfy my blood thirst

Why I do this is yet to be explained

The fact is that killing makes my sorrow go away

Maybe I'm a beast, heartless killer, cold as ice

Perpetrator of slaughter acting late at night

Or perhaps a sentinal prepared for sacrifice

Justice to me means eye for an eye

I kill the scum

Wipe off the rotten part of society

At least that's what I put inside my head

So I can sleep

The outskirts of town are the stage of my plan

Unholy altar of a blood stained mind

I leave a trail of bleeding corpses behind

And then go back to my so called normal life

You don't have a clue about what I do

I may work or even live beside you

The neighbor in front of your house can be me

The stranger you married and go to bed with

Desire, hunger, I need to hunt

I need to go out and slay

With bullets and knives

Or just my bare hands

I will fulfill my fate

Animus Necandi

Lombroso was wrong, I don't look like a criminal

To everyone I'm just a regular fellow

I pay my taxes and I go to church

And I look shocked every time I see blood

Calm and methodic I don't leave a trace

I know forensics so I keep my pace

Slowly I wait for my victim to appear

Then send him to hell to meet with his peers

Cold and terrible agony embraces my heart

Emptiness inside a regretful soul

But all that conflict remains concealed

Behind a fake smile that works as a shield

Sometimes I wake up thinking of all

The faces of those that met my rage

That is my burden and that is my fate

The price that I pay for acting insane