Cerebral Wolves - A1b (New Words)

Intro – spoken / dark atmospheric
I’m the id in the ego
I go wherever he goes
Cerebral wolves in the undergrowth
circling what I think I know

Each one swears
it knows the way home

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Verse 1
There are others vying for control
inside this cerebral tower
Whispering peace
plotting war
sharpening knives
waiting for their hour

All convinced they’re the answer
to the chaos in my head
each one preaching salvation
from the voices that I’ve bred

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Pre-Chorus
Some days I’m withered to the bone
voices never let me be
pulling hard against the wheel
trying to take control of me

Do this
Be that
Own the truth you lack
Every one of them believes
they’re the leader of this pack

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Chorus – BIG / shouted / anthem
CEREBRAL WOLVES
CEREBRAL WOLVES
HOWLING IN THE TIMBER OF MY MIND

CEREBRAL WOLVES
CEREBRAL WOLVES
I CAN FEEL THEM ALL THE TIME

They’re pulling at the steering wheel
fighting for control
of this flesh and bone machine
this fractured, broken soul

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Verse 2
Every thought’s a campaign speech
every fear a candidate
every memory stacks the ballot box
every scar twists my fate

Some feed hope
some feed fear
some feed shame and doubt
some scream like prophets
just trying to drag me out

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Pre-Chorus 2
Every voice claims ownership
of the microphone of right
Roosters crowing for a crown
in the middle of the night

Towering cowards in disguise
dressed up like certainty
but I can hear the cracks
beneath their authority

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Chorus – repeat / heavier
CEREBRAL WOLVES
CEREBRAL WOLVES
HOWLING IN THE TIMBER OF MY MIND

CEREBRAL WOLVES
CEREBRAL WOLVES
THEY NEVER LEAVE ME BEHIND

Pulling at the steering wheel
fighting for control
of this flesh and bone machine
this restless, shattered soul

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Bridge – breakdown / spoken or half-sung
I am not the war
I am not the sound
I am the space
where they all back down

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Final Chorus – explosive
CEREBRAL WOLVES
CEREBRAL WOLVES
THEY’RE STILL RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND

CEREBRAL WOLVES
CEREBRAL WOLVES
BUT I’M NO LONGER BLIND

They can howl
they can fight
but they don’t get the wheel tonight
this flesh and bone machine is mine

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Outro – slow, fading
I am the silence
between the speeches
And I will wait them out
They will fade