The Mountain Goats
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Without annotation, I will suppose the following: The title “Wolf Count” does not refer to a noble among wolves, but the population of wolves in an area. With this in mind, the song implies to me the last stand of a set of wolves in an area where they are going extinct against the noble of that area...
Live among the starving wolves
Get lost inside the pack
Pull at a carcass till my tooth breaks
Your grown-up teeth --
They don't grow back
They don't grow back
Find a clearing in the forest
Wait for word from the battlefront
Sing to the moon until your throat's raw
The Lord of the manor --
He won't be coming back from the hunt
He won't be coming home from the hunt
Soon it'll be my time to go
I know
Breach the perimeter with my brethren
Know who your friends are when you need them
Sleep soundly with the enemy
And remember me --
Too dumb to trade his cloak for freedom
Too dumb to trade his cloak for freedom
Run, run ahead, all of you --
I'll catch up when I'm able to
Seek the manor grounds anew
Too dark to find the path
Sleep on the road and dream
The only dream worth dreaming --
The thronging plain
The bloodbath
Soon it'll be my time to go
I know
Wolf Count was written by John Darnielle.
Wolf Count was produced by Matt Ross-Spang.
The Mountain Goats released Wolf Count on Fri Oct 23 2020.