*Intro* _Distant howl... kick comes in_ Yeah... lone wolf on the prowl... Night shift... moonlight... let’s go... *Verse 1* I don’t clock in, I don’t clock out, I’m on that night grind Pine needle carpet, my feet don’t make a sound Nose to the wind, got a hundred stories in the ground Prey drive locked, I’m a ghost when the sun goes down Yellow eyes gleam, thermal vision in the green See the heat of your heartbeat from a quarter mile, fiend I ain’t hungry for beef, I’m hungry for the need To keep the forest honest, balance guaranteed Ain’t no malice, just the math of the wild Something’s gotta eat or the whole thing goes rancid, child Circle slow, upwind, patience is my weapon Every step a question that the earth been asking You hear the leaves? That ain’t me You hear your breath? That might be Last thing you catch before the pack meets *Hook* I’m a hunting wolf, yeah, I’m a hunting wolf Silent ‘til the moment that I want it all Hunting wolf, yeah, I’m a hunting wolf Moon says run, so I answer the call No wasted move, no wasted breath Shadow with a purpose, dancing with death Hunting wolf, yeah, I’m a hunting wolf Nature’s knife, baby, sharpened by the stress *Verse 2* Don’t call it murder, call it mercy, call it clean I don’t play with my food, I don’t do the meme One bite, one break, one fast end to the scene That’s respect, that’s the code, that’s the in-between Of life and dirt and rebirth in the spring I’m the reason that the deer stay sharp, stay keen I’m the reason that the weak don’t spread their genes Call me villain, call me god, I’ve heard everything But I’m just the check that keeps the forest balanced You build your walls, I run your challenge You sleep in beds, I sleep in blackness You count your sheep, I _make_ them vanish Adapt, evolve, or get dissolved I’m not a monster, I’m the law, resolved Written in fang, signed in claw, involved In every heartbeat since the big bang solved *Bridge* _Beat cuts to just kick + panting breath samples_ You think you know apex? You never met quiet with a purpose You never met death that comes as a service I don’t hunt angry, I hunt perfect I don’t hunt starving, I hunt worthy Now... _snare hits back in, beat drops harder_ *Verse 3* Final sprint, now the forest’s a blur Muscle and instinct and dirt and fur No thoughts, just now, just her And the moment that the world occurs In a flash of white and a flash of red Circle of life, so the old man said I don’t apologize to the dead I just feed my kids and I go to bed Sun comes up, I’m a myth again Trackless, traceless, back to the den Until the hunger calls, until the moon says when Then I’m a hunting wolf, yeah, I’m a hunting wolf again *Outro Hook* Hunting wolf... hunting wolf... _Howl ad-lib over fading beat_ Yeah... nature’s knife... Hunting wolf...
