Hunt like a wolf, run like a river Put your hand on the chest of a heart that is beating You lie in debt, to a lover beholden Trained on the paw of a singular union Drive a hole through the mountain Drive a car from the east to the western ocean Back to a time when a promise was more easily broken These were the seeds of the terrible winter Your mother was a wolf And she said to you "It's not just how you see it, but how you're gonna see it through" "I know you want to give it up, but who are you gonna give it to?" I'm guilty like a son Out of the womb, into the ether Feel the rain on your head and the tundra beneath you A sudden blow and nobody with a body can reach you A dog with a bone and that ought to teach you Your mother was a wolf And she said to you "I know you want to give it up, but who are you gonna give it to?" "And the love, the love that's incomplete, it's twice as bitter and half as sweet" I'm guilty like the sun I'm guilty like the sun The revel in your bones, the salt in your teeth The bating of your breath, the ring in your ears And it's clear You're getting closer To your fear Hunt like a wolf, soon you are bleeding Put your hand on the chest of a heart that is beating You lie in debt, to a lover beholden These were the seeds of the terrible winter