the wolves have returned

i'm cutting the bad fruit off of my tree to

lighten my load and grow me tall

just like my dogma

this fire pit mantra

covered in ashes

now take me home

shedding my antlers and making up answers

to the mystery of nature

so reach for the sun

spruce tips and cedars now free up them rivers

the salmon will run

no dam can hold

uniting the nations

it's gonna take some patience

so unzip your sheepskin

the wolves have returned

the wolves have returned

i call to the spirit

brother i hear it

union of all things

like words on the sky

i read the totems

my ancestors wrote 'em

now i sit patient

as i wait on the tribe

this runs through all things

like thunder and lightning

song everlasting

well always i learn

pull off the old skin

now we are kindred

open and listen

the wolves have returned

the wolves have returned

so channel the old ones

with each waking new sun

walk with your totem

conditions unsaid

walk from the mystery

a love where you feeling

rough up protection

a spear in your hand

in light of our dreaming

never meant to be easy

sometimes there'll be water

sometimes you'll be dry

footprints in tandem

in this ancient sandstone

grandmothers reside

and i'll be by your side

oh

i will be by your side

grandmother

i will be your side

oh

part of creation is making a statement

you can't escape it

she's coming for you

if it was up to me

i'd teach that the lonely

this is just part of the courage it takes

maybe it's the music

it's moving right through us

all of the songs that will outlive me

i'm running the song lines

i'm wrapping my prayer ties

preserving the old way

my wolf has returned

my wolf has returned

oh

go on and carry your flag

carry your flag

i got your back

go on and carry your flag

carry your flag

i got your back

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag

carry your flag