Solo

Too small for the winter, too young for the fight Born in a den that went quiet one night No mama to warm me, no brother to bite Just snow at the doorway and no end in sight Learned to eat hunger, learned to sleep cold Learned to keep moving before I grew old Pawprints too tiny to follow me home That's how a wolf cub learns to walk alone Every scar was a lesson they never taught Every mile was a name that I never got But the forest raised what the pack forgot I was a lone wolf cub with nothing to lose Now I'm a lone wolf grown with nothing to prove Took all the breaking and I made it my bone Took all the silence and I made it my own So hear me howl — it ain't a cry for help It's just a warning: I found myself I was a lone wolf cub left in the stone Now I'm a lone wolf, and I'm coming home First kill came bloody, came late, came hard Came with a hunger that left its own scar Slept in the rain 'til the rain felt like skin Let the thunder teach me where the fight begins Watched the packs run from the ridge up high Never envied them, never wondered why Some are born to follow, some are born to roam I was born with all I need inside my bones Years go past like seasons on the pelt Every wound I took is one I never felt 'Cause pain is just a map of where I've been And the boy I was, he died in that den But the wolf I am, he learned to stand tall On the edge of the world where the bravest fall I'm not lonely — I'm just alone by choice And the mountains know the sound of my voice I was a lone wolf cub with nothing to lose Now I'm a lone wolf grown with nothing to prove Took all the breaking and I made it my bone Took all the silence and I made it my own So hear me howl — it ain't a cry for help It's just a warning: I found myself I was a lone wolf cub left in the stone Now I'm a lone wolf, and this forest is home Lone wolf... coming home... Lone wolf... flesh and bone... Lone wolf... all grown... Lone wolf... Never giving up... Lone wolf... Coming home...