Verse 1
There was a boy by the edge of the pines
Throwing his voice through the valley at night
“Something’s coming,” he’d tell the town
And they’d leave their tables, running out
Every lantern swung in the wind
Every prayer rose up again
But the fields stood still beneath the moon
Nothing there but the trembling wheat
Pre-Chorus
They said, “One day you’ll mean it”
He laughed and kicked the dirt
Never thinking silence
Could someday be worse
Chorus
He cried wolves, wolves
Till nobody turned around
Wolves, wolves
Just another sound
The echo wore his name away
Like rain on a gravestone carved in clay
He cried wolves, wolves
Till no one heard him now
Verse 2
Winter settled deep in the hills
The river froze and the air stood still
The boy grew tired of his own games
But the village remembered every lie the same
Then one night beneath a blood-pale sky
A hundred eyes were burning bright
Branches broke where the darkness moved
And the forest finally told the truth
Pre-Chorus
He screamed into the cold air
His voice cut through the trees
But trust is a fragile thing
Once broken, it leaves
Chorus
He cried wolves, wolves
Till nobody turned around
Wolves, wolves
Just another sound
The echo wore his name away
Like rain on a gravestone carved in clay
He cried wolves, wolves
Till no one heard him now
Bridge
And the church bell never rang
And the doors all stayed shut
The town slept safe in their beds
While the forest opened up
He wasn’t asking for mercy
He wasn’t playing pretend
Just a frightened boy discovering
How stories sometimes end
Final Chorus
He cried wolves, wolves
And they never came to see
Wolves, wolves
Gathered at his feet
The dawn arrived on quiet ground
No voice left to carry the warning out
He cried wolves, wolves
Till the wolves cried back for him
Outro
There was a boy by the edge of the pines
Throwing his voice through the valley at night
Now the wind is all that’s left
Calling through the trees
BLACKLARK
