They call me Alpha, but I ain’t got no pack Just the echo of my footsteps bouncing back From canyon walls and empty city streets Every shadow I make pretends to follow me Radio’s dead, been dead for years Just me and the static in my ears So I howl just to hear my own name And the night throws it back, but it don’t sound the same I was the leader Now I’m the last All of my ghosts run Too damn fast Alpha, echo, echo, alpha Shouting orders to a room of bones Alpha, echo, echo, alpha King of nothing on a broken throne If a wolf howls in a forest alone Does the forest even know It’s still a wolf... still a wolf... Alpha echo Found their tags in the snow last spring Clinked together but didn’t mean a thing Buried ’em deep where the roots grow strong So the trees could carry their names along Now I walk point for a ghost brigade Every mission’s the same crusade Protecting territory that ain’t there From an enemy made of thin air Maybe alpha just means You’re the first to bleed The first to watch the world recede And echo just means You’re all that’s left Talking to the dark... catching your breath... Alpha, echo, echo, alpha Screaming tactics at the falling rain Alpha, echo, echo, alpha Trying to turn my memory into pain If a wolf howls in a forest alone Does the forest let him go Or hold him... hold him... Alpha echo Alpha... echo... Just kick drum like a heartbeat, slowing down One last howl, hoarse, trails off echo...
