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The lion's outside of your door
The wolf's in your bed
The lion's claws are sharpened for war
The wolf's teeth are red
And what a monstrous sight he makes
Mocking man's best friend
When both the wolf and lion crave
The same thing in the end
The lion's outside of your door
The wolf's in your bed
The wolf, he howls
The lion does roar
The wolf lets him in
The lion runs in through the door
The real fun begins
As they both rush upon you and
Rip open your flesh
The lion eats his fill and then
The wolf cleans up the mess
The lion's outside of your door
The wolf's in your bed
The lion's outside of your door
The wolf's in your bed
The wolf's in your bed
The lion's claws are sharpened for war
The wolf's teeth are red
And what a monstrous sight he makes
Mocking man's best friend
When both the wolf and lion crave
The same thing in the end
The lion's outside of your door
The wolf's in your bed
The wolf, he howls
The lion does roar
The wolf lets him in
The lion runs in through the door
The real fun begins
As they both rush upon you and
Rip open your flesh
The lion eats his fill and then
The wolf cleans up the mess
The lion's outside of your door
The wolf's in your bed
The lion's outside of your door
The wolf's in your bed
Lyrics submitted by finger2212, edited by thereisafire
The Lion And The Wolf Lyrics as written by Edward Carrington Breckenridge Dustin Michael Kensrue
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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its actually based off an old fable by aesop.
"A wolf stole a lamb from the flock, and was carrying it off to devour it at his leisure when he met a Lion, who took his prey away from him and walked off with it. He dared not resist, but when the Lion had gone some distance he said, "It is most unjust of you to take what's mine away from me like that." The Lion laughed and called out in reply, "It was justly yours, no doubt! The gift of a friend, perhaps, eh?"
do i need to spoonfeed it to you? or can you draw your own conclusions from that?
please spoonfeed it to me :( It'll be greatly appreciated
What do the lion and wolf symbolize?
Thrice loves using Christian symbolism in their songs and to me this is another example. In the bible, it calls Satan a lion, prowling looking for people to devour. So obviously, this is what the lion in the song symbolizes, but what about the wolf? The answer is: other Christians. Look at where the song states each creature is, the lion is outside the dor, but the wolf is in your bed. This symbolizes how we make our own bed and can surround ourselves with the corrupt, in this cause corrupt Christians. And how, because of that, the Lion (satan) and the Wolf (corrupt Christians) can work together to devour you.
the lion is house lannister & the wolf is house stark
This song makes me remember a part in the Ender Series by Orson Scott Card, (I believe it's Xenocide or Children of the Mind), where a character is told the story of a man and the wolf he kept as a dog.
Apparently, the wife told her husband that the dog was not a dog, but a wild wolf no matter how tamed it may seem. The husband told the wife that the wolf was the most loyal pet he had ever seen and he let it do what all dogs do, including sleep in their bed.
One day, the husband took the wolf for a private plane ride and the plane crashed. The husband was mortally wounded, his guts hanging out and the wolf started to eat his insides. The man was not angry, but happy saying these words as he looked into the wolf's eyes:
"I am so very happy that at least one of us will survive instead of both of us dying. You are truly a worthy pet."
That story, like I said, reminds me of this song. That the wolf is disguising as a dog and waiting for the time that he can take advantage of the person who thinks they own him. Since the wolf can't take out the person on his own for various reasons, he has to bide the lion to come and do the job for him.
Aesop's tale comes into play because the lion gets first dibs in both the fable and the song, with the wolf only getting what's left over in the song. What is devoured can be anything really, but we must know something: The wolf betrayed someone's trust.
I think that Dustin made the song ever expanding, so it could be about anything, but it teaches us a lesson: That we should beware of those enemies that play as friends more than those that are obviously enemies.
Uh.... it could also simply mean thus::
Appearances aren't always what they seem. You think the dangers outside and unable to touch you, but there's unapparent danger lurking within. Sometimes the most dangerous things are from within, only to be worsened when it leads to your lack of defense from whats on the outside.
This. This this this!<br /> <br /> I wrote up a long, meandering interpretation that basically summed up to this, then accidentally erased it. I don't know why everyone thinks it has to be specifically about Satan or the government. :/ To each his own, I guess.
This just struck me as I was listening to the song...
The lion could be temptation or something along those lines outside of the body, and the wolf could be your conscience or demons or however you want to look at it from inside your head.
The lion is outside always trying to find a way in, and when the wolf is loud and strong (in your head) it opens the door (you justify), satisfying the temptation.
Then you after having fun or however you put it with the temptation or lion, the wolf sticks around and reminds you how you messed up.
All in all I think the wolf is a double meaning for the devil and here is why. "Mocking man's best friend." Obviously its not talking about a dog, because that just doesn't make sense in this song. Man's best friend is Jesus, our savior, redeemer, ect. The devil tries to copy God at times, and this is what Dustin could've meant by mocking.
Just a possibility.
Totally agree. What a disarmingly simple, and yet devastatingly deep song!<br /> <br /> This is why I love Thrice.
Gen 8:21 "...Never again will I curse the ground because of man, EVEN THOUGH EVERY INCLINATION OF HIS HEART IS EVIL FROM CHILDHOOD, and never..."<br /> <br /> I understand what you mean but i'd think of the wolf more as our heart/sinful desires but also the devils temptations?
I think dannis kinda has it. in my opinion the wolf is the person. The lions temptation.
the wolf lets him in, the lion just eats up, and the wolf has to clear everything up.
man's best friend could be dog cuz wolves are dogs, aren't they
Dogs are actually wolves to put it more correctly, and yes the mocking mans best friend is a reference to dogs, but at the same time on a different layer, it means that the wolf is something familiar but malicious.
As they both rush upon you and rip open your flesh.
when he says "v", he is talking about dog,becuase 1.) Jesus isn't you best freand, as that would imply he is your equal, and the bible states he is man's king, and 2.) a dog and wolf are technicaly the same species. The classic charicature of the wolf is evil and undermining, so it makes sense that in this song it is saying that the wolf is hiding amoung you posing as a dog.
Just a reply about Jesus not being your friend. <br /> That is why(partly) he came, to reestablish a personal relationship with us. Since the fall it was not the same, God bridged the gap for us because there is no way we could possibly do it. Only through Christ Jesus that could be made again. <br /> So Yes He is our best friend and we CAN have a personal relationship with Him. However, He also is the King of Man like you said(because He is God, the Trinity) so we must also give Him the glory He deserves. And yes its okay to ask things of God and just "talk" with him, but we also must set aside a time for him and we must praise Him with sincere hearts. Sorry I could go on......
I agree that "mocking man's best friend" refers to a wolf being closely related to a dog. However, I think the wolf symbolizes those that are close to you and you consider to be a friend. When actually they will be the cause of your demise.
Thank you neenja for pointing out the fable, I was curious where Dustin got the whole Lion/Wolf idea.
In "The Sky is Falling" Dustin refers to jingoism a couple times, and he refers to war in several other songs in this project. I think the wolf represents (more specifically) any government that uses offense as its best defense. For example, the U.S.'s current foreign policy. And Dustin is saying this will only invite those that already oppose us to attack, and our government will have to clean up the mess.