Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become

Song: Animal I Have Become
Artist: Three Days Grace
Album: One X

Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band based in Toronto, Ontario.

Animal I Have Become is the first single from Three Days Grace' second studio album One X. The album was released June 13th 2006. The song's lyrics were written by lead vocalist Adam Gontier while he was in CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) for an addiction to the prescription painkiller OxyContin. I think the song is about his addiction and how he felt because of it. About how he became something he didn't want to be. The song is energetic, hard rock, and I really love it. The video shows Adam in bed appearing to have nightmares/hallucinations. It also shows him walking around, looking into mirrors and seeing himself as a monster, alternating with the band playing in a small red and black room.

"Animal I Have Become"

I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)

I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times i've lied
(So many times i've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell

(This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal I have become)

Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become - Youtube (Music Video)