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G
Live among the starving wolves
G
Get lost inside the pack
G
Pull at a carcass till my tooth breaks
G
Your grown-up teeth --
                 F     Am
They don't grow back
                 G
They don't grow back

G
Find a clearing in the forest
G
Wait for word from the battlefront
G
Sing to the moon until your throat's raw
G
The Lord of the manor --
                                  F     Am
He won't be coming back from the hunt
                                  G
He won't be coming home from the hunt

C    D        Em         C
Soon it'll be my time to go
   G
I know

G
Breach the perimeter with my brethren
G
Know who your friends are when you need them
G
Sleep soundly with the enemy
             G
And remember me --
                                   F      Am
Too dumb to trade his cloak for freedom

                                   G
Too dumb to trade his cloak for freedom

D    Em                G        A#   Am
Run, run ahead, all of you --
                        G
I'll catch up when I'm able to

G G G G

G
Seek the manor grounds anew
G
Too dark to find the path
G
Sleep on the road and dream the only dream worth dreaming --
G
The thronging plain
       F      Am  Fm  G
The bloodbath

C   D         Em         C
Soon it'll be my time to go
   G
I know

[Outro]

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