The Kinks - Animal

On reflection, it was not all wine on the wall It was not all cuts and bruises Or the pulling out of hair And the bloodying of nose And the tearing off of clothes, although It was really animal, truly animal There were times when there was absolute compassion in the air Though it was really animal, truly animal It could not compare to times we cared And were in control and less emotional While the intellect controls the spiritual The animal respects what's natural Ying and yang control man's actions And both extremes are a natural reaction It was really animal, truly animal, Well there were times when there was absolute compassion in the air On reflection it was not all crash and bang Broken bottles and abuse Sometimes there were sunsets on the sands Holding onto caring hands But there were vampire fangs As the angels sang It was ying and yang, oh yeah It was truly natural, though it was really animal In a sense it fell into a truly natural romance Oh yeah, It was really animal, truly animal There were times when there was absolute compassion in the air True love, true love, true love is really animal