[Verse 1 - Alex Gaskarth]
I know I'm not supposed to stare into the sun
But I just like the way that it burns
I fall asleep, keep having dreams that I'm still dreaming about you (About you)
[Chorus - Alex Gaskarth, Mark Hoppus]
You keep telling me I'm bad for me and worse for the world
You keep telling me I'm bad for me
(I'm bad)
You keep telling me I'm bad for me and worse for the world
You keep telling me I'm bad for me
(I'm bad)
[Verse 2 - Alex Gaskarth]
Maybe I'm just the sheep you count in your head
I want to feed the monster under your bed
My teeth are sharpest when I tear out the truth
Am I the boy who cried or am I the wolf
(Yeah)
[Bridge - Mark Hoppus]
You got me wrapped around an angry middle finger
And you pull me apart from inside
I get caught up between the beatings of your heart and say nothing
And nothing is ever good enough for...
[Chorus - Alex Gaskarth, Mark Hoppus]
You keep telling me I'm bad for me and worse for the world
You keep telling me I'm bad for me
(I'm bad)
But I keep sipping on the poison that you slipped in my drink
Can't help feeling like it's poetry
(Poetry)
[Verse 3 - Alex Gaskarth, Mark Hoppus]
Maybe I'm just the sheep you count in your head
I'm here to feed the monster under your bed
My teeth are sharpest when I tear out the truth
Am I the boy who cried or am I the wolf
[Outro - Alex Gaskarth]
I'll fall asleep keep having dr-
The Wolf was written by Zakk Cervini & Mark Hoppus & Alex Gaskarth.
The Wolf was produced by Zakk Cervini.
Simple Creatures released The Wolf on Fri Oct 11 2019.
Alex Gaskarth said the following in a track-by-track of the EP for Rock Sound:
For me ‘The Wolf’ is very much the weirdo of this of this EP. We kind of Frankenstein’d the song together from a few different ideas, and it just got cooler and cooler the more things we tacked on, and it was very fairyt...