Opening (Immediate Threat — No Safety) Snow in my boots. Three arrows left. Too quiet. Too— (Whisper, wrong timing) Just a wolf. ⸻ Verse 1 (Compressed Stakes) Grey in the trees— still. Too still. Tracks cut sharp through the white, Deer moving slow, ribs pulled tight. If I take the shot, we eat tonight. If I miss— we don’t. ⸻ Pre-Chorus (Heartbeat Starts Early) Breathe. Hold. Wait. (Whisper, involuntary) Just a wolf. ⸻ Verse 2 (Threat Collides) Watching the deer— not me. Waiting. The deer locks up. So do I. (Whisper, closer) Just a wolf. ⸻ Chorus (Interrupts — Hits Early, Hard) —too close— The wolf strikes first. Teeth in the throat. Ash arrow—eye. It screams. Doesn’t drop. I shoot again. I end it. The forest goes still. (Whisper drops out for half a beat — returns, darker) Just a wolf. ⸻ Verse 3 (Rationalization — Sharpened) Too close to stories I was taught to fear. Too aware. Too wrong. If it’s fae, I’ve already missed it. If it’s not— this ends here. I say it like it’s truth: Just a wolf. (Whispers echo it) Just a wolf. ⸻ Post-Chorus (Work Song Energy) The deer is mine. The wolf is too. Blood in the snow—work to do. I don’t rush. I don’t look away. I finish what I start. (Whispers overlap, unstable) Just a wolf—just a— (Another whisper cuts through) Who killed it? ⸻ Bridge (Knife + Mantra Collide) The pelt is thick. The knife slips once. Snow goes red. Ash still warm in the shaft. I don’t think fae. I think meat. I think coin. (Whisper speeds up, overlapping, unraveling) Just a wolf just a wolf just a wolf just a— (A new whisper, accusing) Who killed it? ⸻ Final Chorus (Moral Line — Faster Pulse) I made the choice. I drew the line. I did what winter asked of mine. If this was wrong, I don’t have time— because living comes first.
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