The Wolves - Ben Howard

Face down on a broken street There's a man in the corner In a pool of misery I'm in a white van As a red sea covers the ground Metal crash, I can't tell what it is But I take a look, and now I'm sorry I did 5:30 on a Friday night Thirty-three good people cut down I don't believe anymore I don't believe anymore Face down on a pillow of shame There's some girls with a needle Tryin' to spell my name My body's not a canvas My body's now a toilet wall I don't believe anymore I don't believe anymore Raised by wolves Stronger than fear Raised by wolves We were raised by wolves Raised by wolves Stronger than fear If I open my eyes You disappear Running wild Running wild Boy sees his father Crushed under the weight Of a cross in a passion Where the passion is hate Blue mink Ford I'm gonna detonate in your den Blood in the house Blood on the street The worst things in the world Are justified by belief Registration 1385-WZ I don't believe anymore I don't believe anymore Raised by wolves Stronger than fear Raised by wolves We were raised by wolves Raised by wolves Stronger than fear If I open my eyes You disappear Running wild

Uh Yeah, uh, that's right, uh Yeah, yeah, uh-huh I was raised by the wolves (I was raised by) I was raised by the wolves (I was raised by) I was raised by the wolves, ate 'til they full (I was raised by) Runnin' through the night, playin' with your life Go against the pack, that's risking your life (I was raised by) Better play it right, yeah, you better play it right I got loyalty in blood, I do anything for love And everything for us (us, yeah) Doing everything like everything ain't been too much (I'm too much) You know my favorite time to come through for you is the clutch Last second, what a rush, look I'm the type to talk to the stars (I look up), straight up These ain't tattoos, these are scars My young dogs will tear you and the witnesses apart (straight up) They care 'bout starving more Than they do 'bout a charge (woah, woah, woah) Me, I can't break a commitment (no) I done seen people fuck up the whole team 'cause They couldn't play they position (play your position) Talking about they didn't mean it, bitch You know the road to hell was paved with good intentions I see myself in my nemesis (see) I contemplated forgiveness (no) I think I lost all my innocence (yeah) All my life depend on this, this ain't no simple sucker shit (woah) Try and steal and you get bit, that's what you motherfuckin' get I feel safer taking risks and I can't eat this on my own life Put my back against the wall just to see how much I've grown, dawg I was raised by the wolves, ate 'til they full (I was raised by) Runnin' through the night, playin' with your life Go against the pack, that's risking your life (I was raised by) Better play it right, better play it right I was raised by the wolves, ate 'til they full Runnin' through the night, playin' with your life Go against the pack, that's risking your life Better play it right, yeah, you better play it right I was raised by the wolves (wolves), paid all my dues (dues) Always in the game and never played by the rules (rules) Tried to let me leave (leave), fell down to my knees (knees) Picked myself up and turned my back to the breeze, oh-oh Spent a milli' on a milli', mama look at me (oh) With all these diamond chokers, man, it's gettin' hard to breathe Now that you are family, cut some branches off my tree (wow) But if you in my circle, know I'll always be around ('round) Don't let me down (down) You said you'd die for me, well, there's the ground Ice on my wrist, ice in my veins But it's a cold, cold world, and you can be predator, you can be prey I was raised by the wolves, ate 'til they full (ate 'til they full) Runnin' through the night, playin' with your life Go against the pack, that's risking your life (risking your life) Better play it right, better play it right 'Cause I was raised by the wolves (by the wolves) Ate 'til they full ('til they full) Runnin' through the night (through the night) Playin' with your life (with your life) Go against the pack, that's risking your life (risking your life) Better play it right, yeah, you better play it right I was raised by the wolves (I was raised by) I was raised by the wolves (I was raised by) I was raised by the wolves, ate 'til they full (I was raised by) Runnin' through the night, playin' with your life Go against the pack, that's risking your life Better play it right, yeah, you better play it right (woo)

Another head hangs lowly Child is slowly taken And the violence causes silence Who are we mistaken? But you see, it's not me It's not my family In your head, in your head, they are fighting With their tanks, and their bombs And their bombs, and their drones In your head, in your head, they are crying What's in your head, in your head? Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie What's in your head, in your head? Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie, oh Another mother's breakin' Heart is takin' over When the violence causes silence We must be mistaken It's the same old theme In two thousand eighteen In your head, in your head, they're still fightin' With their tanks, and their bombs And their guns, and their drones In your head, in your head, they are dyin' What's in...

In a quaint caravan There's a lady they call the Gypsy She can look in the future And drive away all your fears Everything will come right If you only believe the Gypsy She could tell at a glance That my heart was so full of tears She looked at my hand and told me My lover was always true And yet in my heart I knew, dear Somebody else was kissing you But I'll go there again 'Cause I want to believe the Gypsy That my lover is true And will come back to me someday You see, she looked at my hand and Told me that my baby would always be true And yet, in my heart I knew, dear That somebody else was kissing you But I'll go there again 'Cause I want to believe the Gypsy That my lover is true And will come back to me someday

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

One, two, three Why are you hanging on so tight To the rope that I'm hanging from? Off this island, this was an escape plan (this was an escape plan) Carefully timed it, so let me go And dive into the waves below Who tends the orchards? Who fixes up the gables? Emotional torture from the head of your high table Who fetches the water from the rocky mountain spring? And walk back down again to feel your words and their sharp sting And I'm getting fucking tired The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ended, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour You make me do too much labour Apologies from my tongue, and never yours Busy lapping from flowing cup and stabbing with your fork I know you're a smart man (I know you're a smart man), and weaponise The false incompetence, it's dominance under a guise If we had a daughter, I'd watch and could not save her The emotional torture, from the head of your high table She'd do what you taught her, she'd meet the same cruel fate So now I've gotta run, so I can undo this mistake At least I've gotta try The capillaries in my eyes are bursting If our love died, would that be the worst thing? For somebody I thought was my saviour You sure make me do a whole lot of labour The calloused skin on my hands is cracking If our love ends, would that be a bad thing? And the silence haunts our bed chamber You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24-7, baby machine So he can live out his picket fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid (The capillaries in my eyes are bursting) Nymph then virgin, nurse and a servant (If our love died, would that be the worst thing?) Just an appendage, live to attend him (For somebody I thought was my saviour) So that he never lifts a finger (You sure make me do a whole lot of labour) 24-7, baby machine (The calloused skin on my hands is crackin') So he can live out his picket fence dreams (If our love ends, would that be a bad thing?) It's not an act of love if you make her (And the silence haunts our bed chamber) You make me do too much labour