Wolfs Den

Verse 1

You’ve loved me longer than I admit

Longer than I ever sit with

Every time you reached for more

I stepped back from the door

You see a future steady and bright

I see the storm behind my eyes

You call it love, you call it fate

I call it something I’m afraid to break

You don’t know what my emotions do

When they finally get close to you

They don’t land soft

They don’t move slow

They consume rooms

And overload

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Pre-Chorus

You say you can handle me

You say you’re not scared

But I’ve seen what happens

When I let someone there

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Chorus

I won’t let you step inside

The wolf den that I hide

My heart don’t open gentle

It devours what’s sentimental

I’d rather keep you safe

On the edge of my world

Than let you see

The chaos I hold

You deserve a love that’s calm and clear

Not the war that lives in here

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Verse 2

We were close enough to build a life

Close enough to call you “wife”

Close enough to almost hold

A little soul we never got to know

We lost her

And I shut down

Built higher walls

Didn’t make a sound

You grieved with open hands

I grieved like broken glass

You reached for comfort

I reached for distance

Like I always have

And the way you see yourself sometimes

The love you think you earn

The things you choose to tolerate

The bridges you let burn

You say you’re strong enough for me

But strength ain’t what I see

If you still accept less than you deserve

How could you survive with me?

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Pre-Chorus

You think time made me softer

But it only made me aware

I don’t fear loving you

I fear what happens when I care

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Chorus

I won’t let you step inside

The wolf den that I hide

My heart don’t open gentle

It tears through what’s essential

I’ve ruined love with honesty

With intensity

With too much of me

And I won’t let you be

Another casualty

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Bridge

You see strength

I see damage

You see depth

I see panic

You think enduring pain is love

You wear it like a crown

But loving me is different

It would pull the ceiling down

You say, “I’m not leaving.”

But what if I change you?

What if my storms

Rearrange you?

I value you too much

To gamble with your peace

Sometimes protection

Looks like distance

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Final Chorus (Stripped)

I won’t let you step inside

The wolf den that I hide

I’d rather love you safely

From the outside

If I ever lose you

It won’t be from a fight

It’ll be from fear

Of loving you right

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Outro

You deserve something steady.

Not a man still learning

How not to burn

The ones he holds.