[Intro – spoken / dark atmospheric] I’m the id in the ego I go wherever he goes Cerebral wolves in the undergrowth circling what I think I know Each one swears it knows the way home ⸻ [Verse 1] There are others vying for control inside this cerebral tower Whispering peace plotting war sharpening knives waiting for their hour All convinced they’re the answer to the chaos in my head each one preaching salvation from the voices that I’ve bred ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Some days I’m withered to the bone voices never let me be pulling hard against the wheel trying to take control of me Do this Be that Own the truth you lack Every one of them believes they’re the leader of this pack ⸻ [Chorus – BIG / shouted / anthem] CEREBRAL WOLVES CEREBRAL WOLVES HOWLING IN THE TIMBER OF MY MIND CEREBRAL WOLVES CEREBRAL WOLVES I CAN FEEL THEM ALL THE TIME They’re pulling at the steering wheel fighting for control of this flesh and bone machine this fractured, broken soul ⸻ [Verse 2] Every thought’s a campaign speech every fear a candidate every memory stacks the ballot box every scar decides my fate Some feed hope some feed fear some feed shame and doubt some scream like prophets just trying to drag me out ⸻ [Pre-Chorus 2] Every voice claims ownership of the microphone of right Roosters crowing for a crown in the middle of the night Towering cowards in disguise dressed up like certainty but I can hear the cracks beneath their authority ⸻ [Chorus – repeat / heavier] CEREBRAL WOLVES CEREBRAL WOLVES HOWLING IN THE TIMBER OF MY MIND CEREBRAL WOLVES CEREBRAL WOLVES THEY NEVER LEAVE ME BEHIND Pulling at the steering wheel fighting for control of this flesh and bone machine this restless, shattered soul ⸻ [Bridge – breakdown / spoken or half-sung] I am not the war I am not the sound I am the space when they all back down ⸻ [Final Chorus – explosive] CEREBRAL WOLVES CEREBRAL WOLVES THEY’RE STILL RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND CEREBRAL WOLVES CEREBRAL WOLVES BUT I’M NO LONGER BLIND They can howl they can fight but they don’t get the wheel tonight this flesh and bone machine is mine ⸻ [Outro – slow, fading] I am the silence between the speeches and I let them fade
