Up the Wolves

Lyrics

There's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet
No matter where you live
There'll always be a few things, maybe several things
That you're gonna find really difficult to forgive

There's gonna come a day when you'll feel better¹
You'll rise up free and easy on that day
And float from branch to branch, lighter than the air
Just when that day is coming
Who can say?
Who can say?

Our mother has been absent
Ever since we founded Rome
But there's gonna be a party
When the wolf comes home

We're gonna commandeer the local airwaves
To tell the neighbors what's been going on
And they will shake their heads
And wag their bony fingers
In all the wrong directions
And by daybreak we'll be gone²

I'm gonna get myself in fighting trim³
Scope out every angle of unfair advantage
I'm gonna bribe the officials
I'm gonna kill all the judges
It's gonna take you people years
To recover from all of the damage

Our mother has been absent
Ever since we founded Rome
But there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home

Banter

"This is a song about that burning thirst for revenge. Which is reputed to be very unhealthy. And I know that's true, but it doesn't help. You might envision your revenge in the form of a great hulking animal coming out of the darkness to eat those who have done you wrong." (2017-11-12 Brooklyn Steel)
They used this one on a TV show. And I saw an ad today for that TV show announcing that it has come to an end. I thought, did they kill all the zombies? (2022-09-20 Saturn)

Live Performances

Footnotes

^{1. Sometimes followed by "I can promise" (2017-11-12 Brooklyn Steel)↩}
^{2. Sometimes sung as "And by daybreak we will be gone, we will be gone"(2017-11-12 Brooklyn Steel and 2022-09-20 Saturn)↩}
^{3. Sometimes followed by "just for you" (2017-11-12 Brooklyn Steel), "it's already happening" (2021-08-06 The Orange Peel)↩}