The Last Wolf

(The song The Last Wolf featured on the 1996 Rhiannon CD of the same name. It later became an integral part of the Last Wolf show.)

I remember - we were running through the shadows in the trees
With the young ones close behind us, snapping at the bees
Smell of Spring among the birches, scent of bear on the breeze
And we found him in the clearing, and we brought him to his knees
I remember - we were running through the shadows in the trees

I remember - we were running, when the wind began to blow
Across a frozen hillside, where the sun was lying low
Then the whining and the whistle of the arrow from the bow
And the blood we left behind us bloomed like roses on the snow
I remember - we were running when the wind began to blow

I remember - we were running to a place we thought we knew
But the sky above was empty, where once the eagle flew
And the ground was burned and blackened, where once a forest grew
And the old, familiar pathways were no longer straight and true
I remember - we were running to a place we thought we knew

I remember my companions - oh how we used to run
Chasing bees among the shadows, chasing shadows in the sun
Like the forest, they are gone now, and the running is all done
I am old and I am cold and I am waiting for the gun
But I remember my companions, and how we used to run...

John Hodkinson's design for The Last Wolf CD.