I wear a suit to work from nine to five But I dream in teeth and midnight drives Shake your hand, say "nice to meet you" clean While something in my chest still hunts the green Pay my taxes, feed the dog, pay the rent But I hear the moon and I know what it meant When it called my name in a language old Before we traded fur for cotton and gold Skin feels tight When the lights go down Can’t decide If I should run or drown Am I wolf or human, tell me which one’s real Is it the way I kneel or the way I kill Am I wolf or human when the night gets loud Do I howl at the moon or just pray to the crowd I’ve got bills in my pocket and blood in my teeth Got a house with a lock and a heart underneath That still beats wild, still beats wild Wolf or human, human child They taught me manners, taught me please and thanks Taught me not to bite, just empty the banks But I see the pack in the boardroom stares Alpha at the head, beta in the chairs We circle weak ones, we smell the fear We just call it business now, not predator here So I bare my teeth when I smile for the deal 'Cause some kinds of hunger you never heal Maybe we were never one or the other Maybe we’re the child of both, sister and brother Civilized on the surface, savage in the core Building cities just to hear the wild some more So when I walk home past the streetlights pale I don’t know which shadow owns my trail The one in the shoes or the one with the tail Am I wolf or human, tell me which one’s true Is it the love I make or the damage I do Am I wolf or human when I hold you tight To protect you from me, or me from the night I’ve got love in my hands and a growl in my throat Got a human heart in a wolf’s old coat And it beats wild, still beats wild Wolf or human, human child Human child... with a wolf’s wild... Human child... reconciled... Wolf or human... same blood, same trial...
