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The Hungry Wolf Lyrics
i am the hungry wolf and run endlessly with my mate i see the gutter feed on the foolish outrun and kill the strong at daybreak i roam awake to who follows me i roam i roam i am the hungry wolf and run endlessly with my mate welcome to the dripping jaws the alter of your death at daybreak i roam ready to tear up the world i roam i roam the hungry wolf stares from the hill at the villagers around the fire she loves her mate as he loves her and they live together for life i am the hungry wolf and run endlessly with my mate look across the street, my friend we're waiting for you to slow down at daybreak i roam eyes in the back of my head i roam i roam
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Some these lyrics were taken word for word from a Santee Sioux song sung by Weasel Bear, translated by Jim Heynen, and quoted in Barry Lopez's book "Of Wolves and Men" which was published in 1978, Here is the quotation:"At daybreak I roam, ready to tear up the world, I roam. At daybreak I roam, shivers coming up my spine, I roam. At daybreak I roam, awake to who is following, I roam. At daybreak I roam, eyes in the back of my head, I roam.
This is one of my favorite love songs. To me it represents the life of an outsider couple trying to make it as artists in Los Angeles, the belly of the beast of Reagan Era America.
"The hungry wolf stares from the hill at the villagers around the fire" always sounded to me like the bohemian looking from afar at the members of conventional society glued to cable television (which it seemed everyone was doing in the zombified '80's).
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But seriously, these lyrics have been up for 6 years and not a single comment on one of the best songs by one of the greatest and most highly influential L.A. bands ever.
I imagine this is a song about runaways/street kids in Hollywood and the difficult life they lead. Perhaps more relevant during the band's early years.