Snow came early, took the deer, took the sound Left the forest wearing nothing but a crown Made of ice and empty branches, white and thin And a wolf walks through it with the winter in his skin Tracks go deep but nobody’s following Breath turns solid every time I’m swallowing Hunger’s just a neighbor now, he sleeps by my side And the only fire I got is burning in my eyes The world went quiet But I never did The world went quiet But I still live I’m a wolf in winter, with the frost in my teeth With the north wind howling what I still believe Every step is heavy but I never retreat 'Cause the cold can't kill what it can't defeat So let it bite, let it break, let it try I was born for the night when the warm things die I’m a wolf in winter, and I’m still alive Yeah, I’m still alive Moon’s a broken fingernail hung in the black Clawing at the sky 'cause it can’t claw back River’s locked in silver, won’t give up a drink But I’ve learned to thirst for more than what I think Found a carcass yesterday, picked clean to bone Left it there — I’d rather starve than not be alone Some things you kill for, some you die for And some you walk through winter for Spring feels like a story someone told About a time when the earth wasn’t cold But I don’t need green, I don’t need bloom I’ve made a home inside this tomb And when the thaw comes, if it comes at all They’ll find me standing, ten feet tall Not frozen — forged I’m a wolf in winter, with the frost in my teeth With the north wind howling what I still believe Every step is heavy but I never retreat 'Cause the cold can't kill what it can't defeat So let it bite, let it break, let it try I was born for the night when the warm things die I’m a wolf in winter, and I’m still alive Yeah, I’m still alive Still alive... in the winter... Still alive... wolf in winter... Still... alive...
