Wolves

Hunt like a wolf, run like a river
Put your hand on the chest
Of a heart that is beating
You lie in debt to a lover beholden
Trained on the thought of a singular union
Drive a hole through the mountain
Drive the car from the East
To the Western ocean
Back to a time when a promise
Was more easily broken
These were the seeds of the terrible winter
Your mother was old
When she said to you
It’s not just how you see it
But it’s how you’re gonna see it through
I know you want to give it up
But who you gonna give it to?
Guilty like the sun
Out of the womb, into the ether
Feel the rain on your head
And the tundra beneath ya
A sudden blow and nobody
With a body can reach ya
A dog needs a bone, and that ought to teach ya
Your mother was old
When she said to you
I know you want to give it up
But who you gonna give it to?
And the love, the love that’s incomplete
It’s twice as bitter and half as sweet
Guilty like the sun
Guilty like the sun
The rattle in your bones
The salt in your tears
That bating of your breath
The ring in your ears
And it’s clear
You’re getting closer
To your fears
Hunt like a wolf, soon you are bleeding
Put your hand on the chest
Of a heart that is beating
You lie in debt to a lover beholden
These were the seeds of the terrible winter