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The Wolves Must Run Free

by Wild Apples

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1.
Broken by the dreams we shared We stand outside the town Where we were born The night is silent But our breath and the crackle of the torches in our hands As we remember the days When we were young, naive about what we’d become We don’t want to see What we’re meant to see We don’t want to be Who we’re meant to be Our silhouettes rising against the stars Who cares if they hear our prayers? It’s time to set this town ablaze It won’t claim another victim History will prove our cause just Don’t you feel alive tonight? We don’t want to fear All that is unclear We don’t want to know Where we’re meant to go Then suddenly, clouds form above And lightning bolts strike The gods are with us! The townsfolk run and scream as fire rains down from the sky It burns away everything we held dear We laugh, we cackle As it all crumbles to the ground We don’t want to see Your dead burning city We don’t want to be Your ancient fantasy We just need to feel Something real The wolves must run free Away from society
2.
I came across a town with no graveyards They throw their dead out to the sea We’ll clean out all of our graveyards And set our fathers free I came across a town with no old folk At forty, they give up the ghost They say better than to die from a stroke Is to throw oneself out to the coast That’s why they boast B6 E7 Am7 I came across a girl with no family She gives herself out to the crowd She knows she’s not going to end up happy She don’t want help; she’s too damn proud I came across a town with no lovers It leaves a bitter aftertaste On the streets they destroy one another With alarming haste It’s such a waste I came across a man with no children He told me that he’s one to mourn It was sickness in old age that killed them Before they were born I came across myself by the ocean He was watching his first sunrise I asked him what on earth he’d been doing He just smiled and closed his eyes So I asked him to lie
3.
Survival 02:10
4.
Who am I? Who am I to write a song about love? I’ve never even been in it It’s not that I’m that cold (You’re dying and old! A site to behold!) But love is just a story we’ve been told Oh darling, come back Prove me wrong Open my heart Who am I to write a song about heaven? I’ve never even been there I don’t know if it’s truth or lie (Why don’t you care why / you’re going to die?) But I don’t hear trumpets sounding in the sky Please god come down! Send the angels To open my eyes Who am I? Who am I?
5.
Our Own Room 04:11
There’s a house on a hill Our parents built for us A sanctuary, we each had our own room In that house where we grew up Could someone else Be living there now? There’s a town, the town where we grew up We left all our friends there At the church, at school, downtown, and at the park We thought that we knew who we were But we’ll never go back to that old town It’s not there anymore We’ll never walk those streets again We burnt that city down There’s no way to get back home But we can start anew Build a fire; sketch the blueprints It’s our turn to build So let’s build! Let’s build it up Let’s claim our plot of land Brick by brick, wall by wall, street by street Our own house, our own town, our own room Yeah, let’s build! We’ll built this town! Let’s lay that cornerstone We can work and sweat we’ll pour out our souls For this place, our new town, our new home
6.
By the Trees 05:22
Marry me in the garden by the trees we used to climb Wear your dress, white and lovely Oh my darling; you’ll look sublime Will you be there? Is this who we are? Where did we go? Where is that boy? Oh where is that girl? Oh no! We lost ourselves But maybe if you promise me this Your hand in my heart; my heart in your hand We’ll grow and find ourselves again Carry me down the mountain I know you’re strong enough Wear my soul like a blanket It’s yours ‘cause we’re in love Aren’t we? Hopefully When did we grow into these hands, These feet, these legs, these eyes, and these hearts? Why did we ever grow up at all? Wasn’t our youth enough To unleash the star stuff inside us? No! It’s time for us to give up Eating out of vending machines We’ll grow our own food Marry me in the morning; Call your friends and family So they can tell the story of how you joined yourself to me Is this who we are? Where did we go? Where is that boy? Oh where is that girl? Oh no! We lost ourselves But maybe if you promise me this My hand in your heart; your heart in my hand We’ll grow and find ourselves again Bury me in the garden by the trees we used to climb Wear my soul, black and ugly Oh my darling, you’ll look divine Will you be there? Oh please be there
7.
This is my country I am the king I rule both peasant and noble I control everything This is my kingdom It stretches clear out to the sea I earned it by birthright It came from divinity Those are my mountains Tall, majestic, and fair I look down from the highest point As the wind blows through my hair As the wind blows through my hair There is my forest I hunt its game I know it like the back of my hand And the animals all know me by name Here is my army My catapults and guns Everyone wants to fight me So our sisters must bury their sons This is our battle The fields are bleeding red I command from the frontline As the bullets blow past my head As those bullets blow past my head This is my castle I am the king I’ll rule inside of these stone walls Until I own everything
8.
Drifting through space / Dead and cold Sacrificed / To save the fold Don’t give up hope / We’ll cut through Countless foes / To avenge you Our battle scars / Slowly heal Memories / That will reveal Sins we commit / To forsake Mother’s words / Our first mistake Don’t dare have hope / We all bleed They do not / Care what we need The fight goes on / And reminds That we’ll all / Lose our damn minds Our battle cries / Go ignored While we die / For our wolf lord If we refuse / To press on Could you lend / a head to rest on?
9.
Hollow 03:02
Spinning webs through hazel eyes Grasping for the static surprise Crystal coins rain on our heads Tidal waves carry off our beds But we can’t bare to follow Even as we lose our hollow Peering through the electric veil Scattered whispers unravel the tale Violent child on a moonlit stroll Cocks his gun for the life they stole His pride is hard to swallow His bride is cold and hollow Tonight, the waters are shallow These tides are warm and hollow
10.
Are we sitting in snow Or has the grass caught on fire? We’ve suffered a blow We need to solder the wire I’ll rise up from below If you give me a cause to inspire In spite of the cold We’ll keep marching along Can we do what we’re told To the sound of the gong We’ll discover gold If we just keep staying strong Collecting a million little pieces of the sky Are we fooling our hearts And misleading our brains? Let’s go back to the start If we want to destroy the pain Love is the art That makes diamonds out of rain Reason’s thrown to the birds And we’re starting to mind They speak empty words They’re so deaf, they’re so blind There’s excess to purge For our souls to be refined Collecting a million little pieces of the sky

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Recorded at Songbird in Provo, UT.
Recorded by Matthew Humes and Jack Mergist except “Hollow” recorded by Stephen Cope.
Engineered by Matthew Humes.
All songs written by M. Lewis Barker and Wild Apples.

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released August 7, 2014

Wild Apples are:
M. Lewis Barker, Archie Crisanto, Jack Mergist, Michelle Kennedy, Mark Henderson, Matthew Humes
Additional instrumentation and vocals by:
Zac Bryant, Alyssa Pyper, Stephen Cope, Robert Willes, Natalie Humes, Stephen Henderson

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Wild Apples are an art rock band from Salt Lake City/Provo, UT.

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