Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)

This is just a guess but maybe he's saying he used to try to avoid bad things in his life rather than deal with them (I've been running from it all my lifetime, Ima make a deal with the bad wolf so the bad wolf won't bite no more) but now he's going to try to embrace the bad things in life and accept them (I'd run away for a couple years just to prove I've never been free, my enemy is a friend of mine in a friendly place to be seen)

The bad wolf is his fears in life. I'm gonna make a deal with the bad wolf so the bad wolf don't bite no more is like saying I'm going to make a deal with the devil but he is looking at the devil as a fairytale.. something that doesn't exist, so the fairytale would be the wolf like red riding hood and the three little pigs. I didn't understand the hollow moon part so I googled hollow moon, hollow moon is a theory that the moon is hollow and doesn't have a thin crust in the center like earth does. People who believe the moon is hollow believe that aliens built the moon with heavy machinery and set it to revolve around earth. He says "I'll be watching from the center of the hollow moon" , he's either saying that he fills alienated from society or that he's in a whole other world that we don't know about yet and can't comprehend. I also get some sort of dream sequence vibe from this song from the lines "you're all still here" ,"Motherfucker I'll be back from the dead soon" , and "they will never find me here" - it seems like he's either "searching for his right mind" or he has gone nuts, crazy, either that or he is having some sort of dream sequence but great song!

Agree with Something Cool. I saw Bruno quoted as telling a reporter that the song "reflected his struggle with making Run." but he refused to elaborate (i think that's a very smart move for an artist). To me, I thought the song seemed to suggest a person in essence "giving in" to that part of his behavior that contributes to destructive tendencies, with all of the things that plague a person's inner self being the "bad Wolf." when i say giving in, i mean acknowledging. He's angry, because this has been going on for a long time (I've been running from it all my lifetime.") and he's telling the person who is listening (you) that one of the destructive tendencies is that he views the world as maybe moving too slowly for him, and this causes conflict and this is his attempt to show that he's trying (there's nothing wrong with you") but rather it's all him (i'm searching for my right mind"). The metaphors of a dream, a moon and a wolf conjure up stories like the "Bear Skinner" where the soldier sells their soul in a deal with the devil. I think also he is demonstrating his anger at not being approachable and maybe very introverted but he clearly sees that there is a path out of this ("I'll be back from the dead soon.). Not sure if the "motherfucker" is the same person he references in the first part of the song (there's nothing wrong with you). I think maybe he's the motherfucker and is willing himself to complete that part of the journey. I find this song really hits a cord for me, and probably for many people that feel that they have withdrawn (run away) and cannot relate to others (the copycats and the lazy brats). Fantastic album. I love the songs. I know that Awolnation was started as a side project - i hope the band continues to produce this type of art for a long, long time.

Like a wolf howling at the moon Coming to terms with his own bad side Embracing facing his fears, and once he fights them and balances within his being he will come back with superior insight and blow holes in the bullshit of society and those that perpetuate it and propagandize the acceptance of desecration of support for human rights, right to live free, express oneself, be an individual, refusing to accept the bs sheeple narratives, refusing to accept corporate control of his life, a place in the rat race that ultimately supports the goals of trampling on human rights, like sub-living wages, commercialism, sensationalized fake body image, judgement of lifestyle choices, etc