He was born with a flair for the fireworks Turned his small-town street to a stage Shouting storms that were clear and cloudless Every day A new parade He’d yell “danger” over the playground Watch the neighbors race from their doors Then laugh ’til his chest was aching From the rush of being heard I was the boy who cried “wolf” Just to feel my echo come back Held my hands up Spun my stories Watched the whole town react But when the dark finally moved And the teeth came out of the black I was the boy who cried “wolf” And nobody shouted back Got addicted to the flashing faces To the tremble in everyone’s eyes Turned his loneliness into theatre Painted panic across the sky They said “Kid That trick’s getting tired” He just smirked and called it a game Never thought that the field would whisper Something real that knew his name I was the boy who cried “wolf” Just to feel my echo come back Held my hands up Spun my stories Watched the whole town react But when the dark finally moved And the teeth came out of the black I was the boy who cried “wolf” And nobody shouted back Now the trail’s lined up with torches But they’re lighting someone else’s fear I’m just one more faded warning In a town that stopped its ears If I ever speak the truth now Will it matter what I say? Or am I stuck with my reflection In the sound I threw away? I was the boy who cried “wolf” Just to feel my echo come back Built a kingdom out of fiction Burned the bridge Cut the tracks So when the dark finally moved And the teeth came out of the black I was the boy who cried “wolf” And no one was coming back
