Crying Wolf Lyrics

Crying Wolf lyrics

You turn out the lights and sit alone,
trying to pretend that it's
anguish,
start at the ring of a telephone,
throw down all your food at
the banquet,
keep a close eye on all you own,
while leaving it all to
languish....
Is this what makes you happy?
Is this what brings you
joy?
Your excuses are so crappy...
silly boy.

You take all the
love and throw it aside
to wallow in your sorrow,
expect everyone to know
how you feel inside,
to forgive and forget come tomorrow;
repaying all
your debts with uncommon pride
but denying that you ever borrowed....
Is
this what makes you perfect?
Is this what makes you free?
Just how long
did you rehearse it,
or does it just come naturally?

Crying wolf from
the depth of your sheep's heart,
crying fire from the depth of the well
in
an endless parade of repeat starts,
just how long will it last - can you
tell?

Until all your friends and lovers
are simply bored with the
pretence?
It'll be too late then to discover
just exactly what you
meant
and what was true
and what was false...
the wolf turned into
human,
the killer with remorse.

Crying pain as though that should be
pleasure,
crying anger as though that should be revenge,
crying sorrow as
though that were a treasure -
your treasure will find you in the
end.

When all of your friends have gone away,
unwilling to put up
with the danger
that lies in each spiteful word you say,
you'll be left,
a greying wolf in a manger
and when you've raised your last howl
and
destroyed all that you can
with rotting teeth an slack jowls
you'll be
left a lonely man.
And when it's nearly finished
and you know the end is
near
with true sorrow undiminished
there'll be no-one left to
hear....
Your desperate cries,
they all come out as bleats:
you
thought you were a wolf-man,
but you're really
just a sheep.