Lyrics and Melody by Average Jane

Finally, my original band has another song ready to share with the public. When you have a home recording studio, nothing is ever completely finished, but we decided to at least post it on GarageBand.com and make it available here in its current form.

This song is called Predator, and it was inspired by someone I met who seemed perfectly nice but set off some primal alarm bells. As the lyrics say, he’d "stand too close…stare too long." To this day, I have no reason to think that there’s really anything threatening about him, but you’ve gotta take inspiration where you can get it.

Here are the lyrics, if you’re interested:

Predator

You step closer and I move away
Not sure how to feel about you
You stand too close – you stare too long
In my gut I feel there’s something wrong

Instinct tells me
I’m not safe with you
Fight or flight…

Predator, predator
Predator, predator
Predator, predator
Predator, predator

Something feral hides behind your smile
Cold eyes send shivers up my spine

Your words sound innocent
But they don’t match what’s on your face
What do you feel, do you feel at all?
And how fast can I get away?

Instinct tells me
I’m not safe with you
Fight or flight…

Predator, predator
Predator, predator
Predator, predator
Predator, predator

I make sure that we’re not alone
Something not-quite-human you betray
My primal senses warning me
And I refuse to be your prey

Something feral hides behind your smile
Cold eyes send shivers up my spine
Catch the unwary in your web
Uncounted victims left behind

I say "get back" and you move away
You can tell that I’m onto you
You won’t get me, I refuse to fall
Victim to the predator

(Copyright 2007, all rights reserved)

P.S. If you like the song and missed the previous one I posted, it’s called Haunted. Feel free to download it, too – just in time for Halloween!