Day of the Wolf

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1. I roved through the wilds and the woodlands, once when this old world was new,

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And the day of the wolf was at hand then, all creatures would give me their due;

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I sang with my kin on a cold winter’s night, to the pale Hunger Moon upon high,

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While man lived in fear of the darkness outside, & he shivered when he heard the wolf cry

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He shivered when he heard the wolf cry.

2. We lived by the laws of the Great One, that man was too proud to obey, He was driven by his greeds and ambitions, destroyed all that stood in his way; And for me there was nothing but hatred he felt, and in many’s the legend & the lie, He poisoned the minds of his children so they would shiver when they heard the wolf cry, Would shiver when they heard the wolf cry.

3. Take a look at this world all around you, man’s doings are plainly displayed, The laws of the Great One are broken, for that soon a price must be paid; Man’s torn down the wilds & the woodlands as well, & he’s poisoned the earth & the sky, And there stands his fair one all wrapped up in furs, still she shivers when she hears the wolf cry, Still she shivers when she hears the wolf cry.

4. Now the wilds where I wandered are dwindling, my kin scattered wide in retreat, While Man with his greeds still unsated walks proud with the earth at his feet; And the battle that I never wanted is lost, defeated I’m wondering why –Why man who’s so high and so mighty & proud still shivers when he hears the wolf cry –Still shivers when he hears the wolf cry.