[Verse 1] I found your name in pine bark lines By the creek where the alder bends Mud on my boots, moss on my hands You were gone before the road begins Deer in the brush, they lifted their ears Like they heard what I came to learn The wind kept low through the needle dark And it led me back to the burn [Pre-Chorus] Oh, I know the way it calls When the cold moon hangs and the shadows fall Soft as a throat, sharp as a spark It pulls me out past the yard [Chorus] Whispers of the wild Pull me in, pull me in Whispers of the wild I am lost, I am yours again Whispers of the wild On the hill, on the hill Whispers of the wild Say my name, say it still [Verse 2] There was a fox with a torn left ear At the fence where the blackberries thinned He watched me there like an old friend does Then he slipped through the sumac wind I knelt down low by the cedar stump Where the rain left coins in a ring Found your scarf caught in a bramble claw And the whole north woods start to sing [Pre-Chorus] Oh, I know the way it calls When the cold moon hangs and the shadows fall Soft as a throat, sharp as a spark It pulls me out past the yard [Chorus] Whispers of the wild Pull me in, pull me in Whispers of the wild I am lost, I am yours again Whispers of the wild On the hill, on the hill Whispers of the wild Say my name, say it still [Bridge] If I stay too long, I turn to stone If I run too far, I lose the road But your trail burns bright in the frost-white grass And I follow where the river goes Hands to the dark, heart to the sound No porch light here, no one around Just the small red flare of a fox’s eye And the old world breathing underground [Final Chorus] Whispers of the wild Pull me in, pull me in Whispers of the wild I am lost, I am yours again Whispers of the wild On the hill, on the hill Whispers of the wild Say my name, say it still Whispers of the wild Pull me home, pull me home Whispers of the wild I was never alone Whispers of the wild In the pines, in the pines Whispers of the wild I am yours tonight
