I Am the Wolf - Mark Lanegan Band

I am the wolf

Without a pack

Banished so long ago

I’ve survived

On another’s kill

And on my shadow home

All I’ve learned is that poison will sting

No one remembers the names of martyrs or kings

No one remembers much of anything

That came this way before

I am the wolf

Combing the beach

Too hungry to shy away

The carcass of a leviathan

Sways gently on the waves

I hope this shelter is enough to keep me warm

Upstairs the heaven’s giving birth to winter’s storm

But I’ve been dying since the day I was born

That much I know is true

I am the wolf

High, wild and free

A picture on a shelf

I burn this house

Down to the ashes

A law unto myself

All I’ve learned is that poison will sting

No one remembers the names of martyrs or kings

No one remembers much of anything

That came this way before

That came this way before

I am the wolf

I am the wolf

I am the wolf