She Walks With the Wolves (Extended 1)

Verse 1

Down through the pines where the frost never thaws

I carried a lantern and a fistful of salt

The old maps said nothing

The old maps told lies

Something was calling me north

Pre-Chorus

Bark on my knuckles

Blood on my sleeve

I was never afraid of the dark

I was afraid of believing

Chorus

She walks with the wolves

She speaks with the wolves

And the forest kneels down when she calls

I came as a stranger

I leave as a daughter

Of the wolf witch of Connecticut

Post-Chorus

Howl oh howl oh

Howl with me now

Howl oh howl oh

The wild remembers

Verse 2

Her hands were all scars and her hair was all braid

She read every secret I thought I had saved

She said child you were never lost

You were only asleep

Now wake and go sharpen your teeth

Pre-Chorus

The moon was a coin

The creek was a hymn

Every root in that ground knew my name

And the stones started humming

Chorus

She walks with the wolves

She speaks with the wolves

And the forest kneels down when she calls

I came as a stranger

I leave as a daughter

Of the wolf witch of Connecticut

Post-Chorus

Howl oh howl oh

Howl with me now

Howl oh howl oh

The wild remembers

Bridge

Rise rise rise

From the ash and the rain

Rise rise rise

You are stronger than the pain

Rise rise rise

Let the old world fall away

(She's calling)

(She's calling)

(She's calling me home)

Chorus

She walks with the wolves

She speaks with the wolves

And the forest kneels down when she calls

I came as a stranger

I leave as a daughter

Of the wolf witch of Connecticut

Post-Chorus

Howl oh howl oh

Howl with me now

Howl oh howl oh

The wild

Verse 3

She took me down where the white birches lean

To a circle of antlers and evergreen

She said every wound is a door

Every scar is a map

And the wolf in you has been waiting to be born

Pre-Chorus

I gave her my fear

She gave me a blade

Of moon-glass and bone and old rain

And I buried my name in the glade

Chorus

She walks with the wolves

She speaks with the wolves

And the forest kneels down when she calls

I came as a stranger

I leave as a daughter

Of the wolf witch of Connecticut

Post-Chorus

Howl oh howl oh

Howl with me now

Howl oh howl oh

The wild remembers

Verse 4

The coven came silent on feet made of moss

Three crows on a branch and a stag made of frost

They anointed my brow with the smoke of the yew

And the whole hill sang when the winter withdrew

Pre-Chorus

No priest and no psalm

Just the wind and the flame

Every star was a rune in her palm

And the dark was a kind of a song

Bridge

Burn burn burn

Let the false self die

Burn burn burn

Let the true self rise

Burn burn burn

I am not the girl who came

(She's changing)

(She's changing)

(She's changing me now)

Instrumental Break

Chorus

She walks with the wolves

She speaks with the wolves

And the forest kneels down when she calls

I came as a stranger

I leave as a daughter

Of the wolf witch of Connecticut

Post-Chorus

Howl oh howl oh

Howl with me now

Howl oh howl oh

The wild remembers

Verse 5

Now seasons have turned and the pines know my scent

I wear her old braid and I speak what she meant

The young ones come trembling with salt in their hands

And I show them the door that I found in the land

Pre-Chorus

I teach them to listen

I teach them to stand

To sharpen their teeth on the edge of the wind

And to never bow down to a man

Final Chorus

We walk with the wolves

We speak with the wolves

And the forest kneels down when we call

They come as strangers

They leave as our daughters

And our sons of Connecticut

Post-Chorus

Howl oh howl oh

Howl with me now

Howl oh howl oh

The wild remembers

Howl oh howl oh

The wild remembers us all

Outro

(She's calling)

(She's calling)

(She's calling me home)

(She's calling)

(She's calling)

(We are never alone)