[Intro: Heavy guitar riff, instrumental, 4 bars] [Verse 1] Cold cot, dusk light, the lock's on the door Green bottle bitter, I swallow Fog in my blood where the fire should be Two little hands hanging on to me [Pre-Chorus] Smile for the keeper, play the part Swallow the sickness, swallow the dark But something's scratching under my skin Something old is waiting to begin [Chorus] You locked up the wrong wolf You built the wrong cage Every chain you counted Was a clock on your last day I'm the thunder in the marrow I'm the fire you can't tame You put a girl in the dark Now the dark knows my name [Verse 2] Yellow eyes in the alley, a stranger in black Put me on the pavement, but he never put me back Down in the cellar where the lizard kept his throne Black claw at the stairwell, and I'm not alone [Pre-Chorus] Hear the come-down, hear the siblings call Jassie, Jassie, we're not afraid at all Claws through the silver, claws through the lie Tonight the cage learns how to cry [Chorus] You locked up the wrong wolf You built the wrong cage Every chain you counted Was a clock on your last day I'm the thunder in the marrow I'm the fire you can't tame You put a girl in the dark Now the dark knows my name [Guitar Solo: 8 bars] [Bridge: Half-time, drums drop out; spoken-sung] In for four Hold it in Out for eight Let the wolf begin Not your merchandise Not your tool Not your property Not your fool [Final Chorus: Key change, double-time drums] You locked up the wrong wolf You broke the wrong chain Now the pack's at the door And it's carrying my name Silver on my throat And a home to defend I'm the daughter of the black claw And this is how it ends [Outro: Slow down, one voice over the riff] Wrong wolf Wrong cage [Final chord rings out]
