Split Man

I have the memory, I know what I’m about.
I know where I am, there’s danger to be found.
Gonna make my way, I’m gonna figure out.
How to get myself on up to higher ground.

People see my face and they know who I am.
But they can’t really see what’s inside the man.
They always call me sir, beaming with that pride.
None of them can see the animal inside.

I take what I want and I never give it back.
Call me captain if you like, but I’m leader of the pack.
Walking like an alpha, commanding isn’t hard.
Cause I look and talk like I am in charge.

But I’m a split man.
I’m not the real me.
I’m a split man.
One mind in two bodies.
I am a split man.
Divided in the beam.
I gotta split, man.
My mind is caught between.

Darling won’t you come and give me what I like?
It won’t be too bad if I take a little bite.
I’m sure you know you can drop the decorum.
To lay down with the hound living on the run.

Fingernail lines, blood red on my face.
Covering them up to get out of this place.
Cornered animal, going to make you hurt.
Screaming that I am the real Captain Kirk!

But I’m a split man.
I’m not the real me.
I’m a split man.
One mind in two bodies.
I am a split man.
Divided in the beam.
I gotta split, man.
My mind is caught between.

I’m not ready to risk myself.
I don’t want to be trapped in hell.
More timid than the one we were.
More violent, how I prefer.

Peering through the screen, I’m watching you search.
Prowling up above, crawling in the dirt.
You are much too tame, I am the one who fights.
I will not allow the two of us to reunite.

But I’m a split man.
I’m not the real me.
I’m a split man.
One mind in two bodies.
I am a split man.
Divided in the beam.
I gotta split, man.
My mind is caught between.