• This horrible beast that burdens
    Grows within me slow
    It shows me where it's hiding
    But for only me to know

    This horrid beast within me
    Is breeding evil fate
    My soul it has made heavy
    My life it wants to take

    This beast of nasty habit
    I always knew would be
    Years have passed before their time
    Giving the beast a hold on me

    This burden I now carry
    Has fate now in its grasp
    Each minute now seems momentary
    And life is passing fast

    Oh, bear me not this burden
    Release me from its hold
    Send a cure from 'him' above
    And let me please grow old...