# Animals | Unknower

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# Animals

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From [Unknower](https://unknowermusic.com/releases/unknower) · Track 5 · 2017

Exact lyric meaning is not yet documented in this pack.

3:41releasedConfidence: mixed

Lyrics · artist-supplied

The animals in my head  
See when I’m alone  
They wait for me to lay down  
And creep out of their homes

The animals in my head  
They cannot be controlled  
They cannot find a way out  
They want to be let go

The animals in my head  
They seem to come and go  
They add up holes in my head  
To build themselves a home

They have no rules in my head  
There’s never no control  
The animals in my head  
They want to be let go

See them roam  
And roam  
( I never wanted to keep them in)  
See them roam  
( I never wanted to keep them in)

See them roam  
And roam  
( I never wanted to keep them in)  
See them roam  
( I never wanted to keep them in)

See them roam  
And roam  
( I never wanted to keep them in)  
See them roam  
( I never wanted to keep them in)

See them roam  
See them roam  
( I never wanted to keep them in)

Artist context

The song was part of the 2017 album. In later conversations, the artist recalled that drummer Tariq especially enjoyed playing it.

Working interpretation · analysis

> **Interpretation note:** This is analysis of the supplied lyrics, not an authoritative statement of authorial intent.

The “animals in my head” appear when the narrator is alone and resist control. They make homes in the “holes” in his head while also wanting to be let go, creating a tension between containment and release. The recurring “I never wanted to keep them in” complicates his relationship to them: the creatures are both unwanted inhabitants and something he may wish to set free. What they represent remains open.

Themes

internal noise, anxiety, instinct, containment

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