[Intro] [Verse I] There once was a little sparrow Who sang beside the stream, With wildflowers in her apron And a heart full of dreams. The village called her foolish, Even her friends called her strange, Till she wandered to the forest And forgot from where she came. [Chorus] But the wolves knew her by name, When no one else would stay. They found the little songbird That the world had cast away. They never asked her to be softer, Never begged her heart to change. They loved the wildness in her soul, And called her by her name. [Verse II] Years passed beneath the cedar, And silver crowned her hair. She still walked among the pines at dusk, And found her lover there. The wolves had grown 'side her, Through the sorrow and the rain. She'd once been lost among the briar, Now she guarded it the same. [Bridge] Maybe monsters Are just daughters No one ever held. Maybe fangs Are only smiles That never learned themselves. If kindness had a heartbeat, She heard it through the trees... Not once did all the wild Demand she fall to her knees. [Final Chorus] Now the wolves know her by name, And she knows theirs by heart. They were there b'fore the healing, b'fore the world fell apart. They loved the little sparrow B'fore she learned to fly, And stayed beneath the silver moon When all the others passed her by. The wolves... Know her by name. [Outro] The wolves know her by name.
