Good Wolf

Verse 1

I just tasted oxygen for the first time since

I told myself I had no life to live

Man, you don’t know how long I’ve been

Down in that dark just trying to give in

And you helped me see this — so thank you, friend

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Pre-Chorus

Because I refuse to be

Another casualty

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Chorus

So thanks — but no thanks. I’ll be leaving

You can keep it all, I don’t need it

I want no part of that gravity

I won’t let it keep on feeding me

And you helped me see this — so thank you, friend

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Verse 2

I just tasted blood in my mouth for the last time

No longer willing to lay down and die

I’ve bitten my tongue, I’ve swallowed lies

Watched my own reflection compromise

But something in me still survived

Buried deep but still alive

Clawing up toward open sky

Saying, “Stand up. Don’t comply.”

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Pre-Chorus

I’ve been broken underneath

But there’s still some fight in me

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Chorus

So thanks — but no thanks. I’m not bleeding

For every voice that says I’m defeated

You can keep your doubt and hostility

I won’t let it write my eulogy

I just tasted oxygen again

And I won’t forget how that feels, my friend

Bridge (build, strong and declarative)

Bad wolf still whispers in my ear

Still knows my doubt, still knows my fear

But hunger doesn’t mean control

And pain doesn’t own my soul

I don’t kill him — I outgrow

I don’t run — I let him know

He can howl, but I decide

Which side of me survives

Final Chorus (big, triumphant but grounded)

So thanks — but no thanks. I’m still breathing

You can keep your war — I’m not retreating

No more blood in my mouth this time

No more laying down to die

I tasted oxygen again

And I choose to live, my friend