Wolf in plain clothes

[Intro] I left one kingdom burning, thought the next one had clean hands. But rot still smells like rot when it’s buried under lambskin. White serpent, keep your eye on me. I’m tired of being drawn by hands that never asked my name. [Verse 1] I crossed the ash from my father’s gate, with their curses at my back. Defended your village from every lie that followed my tracks. I stood between their teeth and yours, held the line when they came through. But while I fought the wolves outside, you taught your own to chew. I carried stone. I patched the frame. I gave my coin to keep your lanterns fed with flame. And when the dark pulled at your door, I heard the same command again: “Don’t tell them who saved us. Don’t let them see your hands.” [Pre-Chorus] I was useful in the winter, invisible by spring. A ghost beside the table while they crowned me guilty king. You made a man from rumor, then gave him my face. And wondered why I stopped returning to that holy little place. [Chorus] You called me a wolf ’cause I couldn’t wear sheep’s skin. But I was guarding the door from the rot you kept within. I held your house together while you named me the crack. I wore the cloak you made me just to learn I could take it back. White serpent, show me where the truth begins. Sometimes a wolf can’t wear sheep’s skin. [Verse 2] Every feast had my shadow there, but never had my seat. Every room could build my name, but never speak to me. They carved me out in candlelight, passed the blade around the room. By morning I was something else, some beast they swore they knew. Ultimatum after ultimatum, kneel or lose the hand. Swear to skies I couldn’t see, or be less of a man. Stay inside these walls forever. Smile beneath the chain. But call it love, call it faith, call it anything but pain. [Pre-Chorus 2] I was loyal in the silence, angry when I spoke. Warm when I was bleeding, dangerous when I woke. You asked why I stood outside, but not who locked the door. You asked why I grew cold, but not who left me on the floor. [Chorus] You called me a wolf ’cause I couldn’t wear sheep’s skin. But I was guarding the door from the rot you kept within. I held your house together while you named me the crack. I wore the cloak you made me just to learn I could take it back. White serpent, show me where the truth begins. Sometimes a wolf can’t wear sheep’s skin. [Bridge] I never asked the village to bow down at my name. I only asked the ones I loved to stop feeding me to flame. But every time the story turned, I was missing from the page. The jury met without me, then called my answer rage. You wondered why I vanished. You wondered why I changed. But no one asked the simple thing: Who taught me I was safer far away? [Breakdown] I was never hard to love. I was just hard to force. Never hard to love. Just hard to force. You called me wolf. You called me curse. But I was the witness you couldn’t rehearse. White serpent coiled around my spine, showed me the venom in every line. I am not the beast you made. I am the one who saw the cage. [Final Chorus] You called me a wolf ’cause I couldn’t wear sheep’s skin. But I was guarding the door from the rot you kept within. I held your house together while you named me the crack. I wore the cloak you made me just to learn I could take it back. I loved the village burning, still I wouldn’t burn with it. I kept the truth beside me when the whole room learned to twist. White serpent, carry what I couldn’t cleanse. Sometimes a wolf can’t wear sheep’s skin. [Outro] I left one kingdom burning. Found another dressed in white. But clarity does not make monsters. It only gives them sight. 🎙️ BloodOnTheMic: We’re live across the major streaming platforms. Find us on Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, Facebook Music, and more. Listen. Follow. Join the conversation.