Everyone Looks Like a Wolf

Everyone Looks Like a Wolf

V1

I grew up learning where the fences stand,

Who gets the gate and who gets banned,

Every warning felt like law on land,

Every doubt was something I’d outgrow and hand.

V2

They said stay sharp and hold your ground,

Danger lives where names aren’t sound,

So I learned to scan the edges round,

Before I learned to turn around.

Pre1

Is it instinct wired into skin,

Or a lesson taught we never question in

Chorus

Started out fighting wolves just to play my part,

Drawing my lines just to guard my heart,

Fear teaches fast, but it teaches wrong,

Soon everyone I don’t understand is a wolf who doesn’t belong.

V3

I sharpened words like broken blades,

Called it truth when blood was paid,

If someone spoke a different way,

I assumed they came to take and stay.

V4

I wore my certainty like steel,

Heavy armor, cold and real,

It felt safer never to feel,

Than risk a crack I couldn’t heal.

V5

I mistook fear for being awake,

Called defense the strength I’d take,

Every question felt like a fake,

Every pause a planned mistake.

Pre2

When does guarding every door,

Turn into a war you’re fighting for

Chorus

Started out fighting wolves just to play my part,

Drawing my lines just to guard my heart,

Fear teaches fast, but it teaches wrong,

Soon everyone I don’t understand is a wolf who doesn’t belong.

V6

One night the mirror wouldn’t blink,

Held my stare and made me think,

I saw teeth where I’d claimed instinct,

And felt the edge begin to sink.

V7

I realized I never stayed,

Never learned, just marked and weighed,

Painted claws on faces plain,

So I wouldn’t have to feel afraid.

V8

It’s easier naming than to know,

Easier shouting than to grow,

Safer calling it evil so,

Than admitting fault you don’t outgrow.

Pre3

If fear keeps holding the pen I use,

Who am I really set to lose

Chorus

Started out fighting wolves just to play my part,

Drawing my lines just to guard my heart,

Fear teaches fast, but it teaches wrong,

Soon everyone I don’t understand is a wolf who doesn’t belong.

V9

I met someone I couldn’t frame,

Didn’t fit my rules or name,

They spoke with cracks instead of flame,

And stood their ground without the game.

V10

They didn’t bare their teeth at me,

Didn’t flinch or disagree,

They stayed human, stayed free,

And let that be what I could see.

Pre4

What if what I fear the most,

Is the ground where I might grow

Chorus

Started out fighting wolves just to play my part,

Drawing my lines just to guard my heart,

Fear teaches fast, but it teaches wrong,

Soon everyone I don’t understand is a wolf who doesn’t belong.

V11

I’m learning how to sit and stay,

Let the unknown have its say,

Not every difference means decay,

Not every edge demands a blade.

V12

Some walls were built to keep us whole,

Some just shrink the living soul,

It’s hard to tell which ones control,

When you were taught to build them all.

Pre5

If I lower my hands at last,

Will the world still strike me fast

Chorus

Started out fighting wolves just to play my part,

Drawing my lines just to guard my heart,

Fear teaches fast, but it teaches wrong,

Soon everyone I don’t understand is a wolf who doesn’t belong.

V13

I still believe danger is real,

I still believe lines can heal,

I’m learning now the difference I feel,

Between a wolf and something real.

Bridge

I don’t need another enemy to feel alive,

Don’t need a target just to draw a line,

Somewhere between the teeth and the eyes,

I forgot not every stranger comes to bite.

Outro

I still walk careful through the dark,

Still guard the softest parts of my heart,

But I’m learning fear isn’t sight,

And not every shadow is a wolf in disguise.