Doo-Wop Werewolf

Awoooo
Awoooo

I was a fine upstanding someone
In a town of fog and stone, oh woah
(Fog and stone, fog and stone)
Till the night the woods went silver
And I walked back home not quite (not quite) alone
(Not quite alone, not quite alone)

The moon bit back that evening
(The moon bit back)
Left her mark under my skin
(Under my skin, under my skin)
Now every time she rises
She lets the other fellow in
(Lets the other fellow in)

I got teeth I never asked for
I got ears that hear too much
(Hear too much, hear too much)
I got a howl inside my Sunday voice
And a growl inside my touch
(A growl inside the touch)

The moon bit back, the moon bit back
(Ah-oooo, ah-oooo)
One little bite and my whole life changed
(The moon bit back)
The moon bit back, the moon bit back
Nothing's ever gonna look the same
(Ah-ooooo)

But here's the thing they don't tell you
About the curse and all its cost
(All its cost, all its cost)
Sometimes the monster they put in you
Is stronger than the you that you lost
(Ooh, the you that you lost)

So if you're walking home some evening
And the woods go silver-white
(Silver-white, silver-white)
Don't you run, just tip your hat, dear
'Cause not every bite's a blight
(Not every bite's a blight)

The night the moon bit back
(Ah-oooo)
She didn't take my soul
(Didn't take my soul)
She just gave it claws to fight with
And a midnight-colored coat
(a midnight coat)
And a story yet untold
(Ooooh... yet untold)

The moon bit back
(The moon bit back)
The moon bit back
(Ah-ooooo)
Thank the stars the moon bit back
(ah-ooooo)

(Doo-doo-doo... what a night...)

I woke up in the garden
With the sunrise in my eyes
(Sunrise in my eyes)
Grass stains on my elbows
And a memory full of sky
(A memory full of sky)

And oh, the world was louder
(Louder, louder)
Every birdsong rang like bells
(Rang like bells, rang like bells)
And the morning came in flavors
A thousand brand-new smells
(A thousand brand-new smells)

The bread three streets over
The rain that fell last week
(The rain that fell last week)
The neighbor's nervous heartbeat
Every secret gone unique
(Doo-doo, unique)

The morning after the moon
(The morning after)
The morning after the moon
(Doo-doo-doo)
Every color turned the volume up
And the whole world smells like new
(Smells like new, smells like new)

Then I met me in the window glass
And I didn't know my face
(Didn't know my face)
Amber eyes and velvet shadows
Where my old reflection used to wait
(Where the old me used to wait)

The morning after the moon
(The morning after)
Everything's too much and new
(Too much and new)
I don't know yet if I'm frightened
Or if frightened's what I'm used to
And this is something else
Something closer to the truth
(Ooooh... closer to the truth)

So I flexed my brand-new fingers
And I stepped out on the lawn
(Stepped out on the lawn)
And the strangest thing, the strangest thing
Was how much I wanted to run
(Wanted to run, wanted to run)

Come on, morning
(Doo-doo-doo)
Let's see what I've become
(Ooooh... what I've become)
Come on, sunshine
(Come on, come on)
Come and warm this brand-new fur
(Doo-doo-doo)
The morning after the moon
Is the first day of forever
(Ooooh... the morning after the moon)

(Run-run-ba-doo, run-run-ba-doo)

Other heroes buy a stallion
Feed it apples, buy it shoes
(Buy it shoes, buy it shoes)
Stable fees and saddle leather
Honey, that's a fee I never use
(A fee I'll never use)

'Cause on all fours, I run as fast as any steed
(Fast as any steed)
On all fours, the wind is all I need
(The wind is all I need)
No reins, no bit, no bridle
(No, no)
Just the drumming of my paws
On a road that asks no questions
And forgives me all my flaws
(Run-run-ba-doo)

I beat the mail coach Tuesday
Didn't even mean to win
(Didn't mean to win)
The driver hollered after
What's the hurry that you're in?
(What's the hurry, what's the hurry)

And I laughed, but here's the secret
Nobody gets this fast for fun
(Nobody, nobody)
You get this fast when something's chasing
And mine knows every road I run
(Every road I run)
'Cause the shadow at my heel, my darling
Wears my own eyes on its face
(Ooh, it knows my pace)

On all fours, I can almost outrun me
(Almost, almost)
Almost leave behind the broken twisted thing I am
(The thing I am, the thing I am)
But almost only buys a mile
(Only buys a mile)
And every mile ends
(Run-run-ba-doo... every mile ends)

Running is the only place the curse can't follow
Running is the only place the curse can't follow, oh woah

But somewhere past the midnight marker
When my lungs are burning low
(Burning low, burning low)
There's no monster and no gentleman
Just the running and the road
(The running and the road)
For one silver mile I'm no one
(No one, no one)
And no one's running free
(Ooooh... running free)

On all fours
(Run-run-ba-doo)
Four on the floor
(Four on the floor)
Why would I ride a horse to glory
When the running's all the mercy
That the moon left at my door
(Ah-oooo)
That's what these paws are for
(Run-run-ba-doo)
That's what these paws are for
(Ooooh... what these paws are for)

(Bzz-bzz-ba-doo, bzz-bzz-ba-doo)
(Befriend the bees, befriend the bees)

Every hero needs a sidekick
A hawk, a hound, a steed
(A hawk, a hound)
But I went out to the flower fields
And found a different breed
(A different breed)

I befriend the bees
(Befriend the bees)
One honey jar at a time
(One jar at a time)
I ran their little errands
I guarded every hive
(I guarded every hive)

They didn't trust me at the start
A wolf among the clover
(A wolf among the clover)
But I showed up every morning
Till their wariness was over
(Bzz-bzz, over)

Clover in the morning
Lavender at noon
(Lavender at noon)
Honeysuckle evenings
Underneath a friendly moon
(Bzz-bzz, a friendly moon)
Every blossom is a meeting place
Every meadow is a room
(A meadow is a room)

Now they ride along my shoulders
A cape of golden wings
(Golden wings, golden wings)
The fiercest beast in the meadow
With the gentlest of things
(The gentlest of things)

Befriend the bees, my darling
(Befriend the bees)
Kindness is a grind
(Kindness is a grind)
But do the work each morning
And the swarm will change its mind
(The swarm will change its mind)

Befriend the bees
(Bzz-bzz-ba-doo)
Befriend the bees
(Bzz-bzz-ba-doo)
Sweetness comes to anyone
Who shows up rain or shine
(Rain or shine, rain or shine)
Now I never fly alone
(Bzz-bzz-ba-doo)
My honeys hum me home
(Hum me, hum me home)
(Ooooh... hum me home)

(Ooooh... ooooh...)

The night sky cracked like china
The stars went still and strange
(Still and strange, still and strange)
And every bell in every steeple
Rang a note nobody arranged
(A note nobody arranged)

A shadow fell over heaven
(A shadow fell)
A shadow fell over heaven
(Over heaven, ooh)
The souls stopped rising homeward
Like the up had lost its way
(Like the up had lost its way)

They say the halls of glory
Are burning past the blue
(Past the blue, past the blue)
The angels are outnumbered
And the gate is broken through
(Bum-bum-ba-oooh)

A shadow fell over heaven
(Over heaven)
A shadow fell over heaven
(A shadow fell)
And the whole world held its candles up
To a sky that wouldn't answer
(Wouldn't answer, wouldn't answer)

So who goes up to save it
When heaven's in the fire?
(Who goes up? Who goes up?)
Not the knight, not the wizard
Not the sweet celestial choir
(Not the choir)

Send the wolf
(Send the wolf)
Send the one you feared
(The one you feared)
A shadow fell over heaven
So heaven needs a shadow
With teeth, my dear
(Ooooh... with teeth, my dear)

Send the wolf
(Send the wolf)
Send the wolf
(Ooooh, send the wolf)
When the light needs saving, darling
Send the dark that's on your side
(Send the wolf)
(Ooooh... send the wolf tonight)

(Sha-doo-wah, sha-doo-wah)

I climbed the broken starlight
I ran the golden stairs
(The golden stairs)
And the watchmen on the ramparts
All stopped their frightened prayers
(Stopped their prayers)

There's a monster at heaven's gate
(At heaven's gate)
And it's me
(And it's me, it's me)
Lord, the monster at the gate
Is me
(Sha-doo-wah, it's me)

The angels looked upon me
They drew their shining lances
They sounded the alarm
(The alarm, the alarm)
I said, easy, feathered fellas
I'm the cavalry, not the harm
(The cavalry, not the harm)

They checked the list of heroes
And they couldn't find my name
(Couldn't find my name)
I said check under "monster," honey
That's the only list I claim
(Sha-doo-wah, the only list I claim)

There's a monster at heaven's gate
(At heaven's gate)
And it's me
(And it's me, it's me)
Best news you've had all evening
Believe me
(Sha-doo-wah, believe me)

I know I don't look holy
I know I shed on sacred ground
(Sheds on sacred ground)
But your gate is hanging broken
And your enemies are around
(All around, ooh)

So a monster's at heaven's gate
(At heaven's gate)
Better me than what comes later
(What comes later)
Open up and take the help, my dears
Heaven's short on personnel
And I work great under pressure
(Sha-doo-wah... let the good wolf in)

Let the good monster in
(Let the monster in)
Let the good monster in
(Sha-doo-wah)
Open up, open up
(Open up, open up)
Let the good wolf in
(Ooooh... let the good wolf in)

(Ooooh... mmmm...)

They warned me heaven's basement
Holds the country of the damned
(The country of the damned)
Where the rivers all run crimson
Through the gray and grieving land
(The gray and grieving land)

Rivers of blood, rivers of blood
(Rivers, rivers)
Winding through the dark
(Through the dark, through the dark)
Even paradise has cellars
Even light must keep its dark
(Bum-bum... its dark)

I crossed on stones of sorrow
I waded through the red
(Through the red, through the red)
Past the proud who fell from glory
Past the armies of the dead
(The armies of the dead)

They say don't look at the water
'Cause the water looks at you
(Looks at you, looks at you)
But I made peace with what's beneath my skin
So the river's nothing new
(Ooooh... nothing new)

And the strange thing, oh the strange thing
Was they didn't frighten me
(Didn't frighten me)
'Cause a fellow who's part monster
Speaks the language fluently
(Fluently, ooh)

Rivers of blood, rivers of blood
(Rivers, rivers)
Winding through the dark
(Through the dark)
I kept my eyes on the far shore
And the far shore kept a spark
(Kept a spark, kept a spark)

Rivers of blood, I forded
(Rivers of blood)
Where no angel dares to swim
(No angel dares)
Sometimes it takes a beast, my darling
To carry the light through the grim
(Carry the light, carry the light)
And come out clean again
(Clean again, clean again)
Come out clean again
(Ooooh... clean again)

(Ooh-wah, ooh-wah)
(The rare find, the rare find)

Even saving heaven
A wolf still needs some fun
(Still needs some fun)
So between the battles, baby
I hunt the rare ones, one by one
(One by one, one by one)

The silver-antlered stag of starlight
The chest behind the falls
(Behind the falls)
The ghostly cat that only shows
When the second moonrise calls
(When the moonrise calls)

The rare find, the rare find
(The rare find)
That shimmer on the map
(Shimmer on the map)
Some heroes fight for glory
I'm just here for the sparkly treasure, perhaps
(Sparkly treasure, perhaps)

A key without a keyhole
A bell that rings in gold
(A bell that rings in gold)
A feather warm as summer
From a firebird of old
(Ooh-wah, a firebird of old)

My nose can smell a secret
Three valleys from the trail
(Three valleys off)
Where the proud knights ride on by it
This bloodhound never fails
(Never fails, no, never fails)

The rare find, the rare find
(Ooh-wah, ooh-wah)
That glimmer in the grass
(Glimmer in the grass)
The proud ride by in armor
But the curious come last
And the curious come laughing
(Doo-wop, come laughing)

'Cause the world hides little wonders
For the ones who stop and look
(Stop and look, stop and look)
Every rare's a golden bookmark
In adventure's endless book
(Adventure's endless book)

The rare find, the rare find
(Ooh-wah, the rare find)
The rare find, the rare find
(The rare find)
Heaven's full of shinies
And I'm gonna find them all
(Gonna find them all)
Every last one, darling
(Ooh-wah, ooh-wah)
I'm gonna find them all in time
(Ooooh... find them all)

(Ooooh... ba-dum, ba-dum)

I followed the smoke and thunder
To the summit of it all
(The summit of it all)
Where a marble board lay gleaming
A hundred pieces tall
(A hundred pieces tall)

The angels moved the white ones
The demons moved the black
(Moved the black, moved the black)
Playing chess for the fate of the world
And no side looking back
(No side looking back)

And down here on all fours, my love
Low against the ground
(Low against the ground)
The chess pieces are like giant castles
Towers all around
(Towers all around)

Giant castles, giant castles
(Ooooh, giant castles)
Marble to the sky
(Marble to the sky)
So grand they cast a shadow
On the world they wager by
(The world they wager by)

I read the stakes upon the table
Written out in golden thread
(In golden thread)
The town of fog and stone, my darling
Every rooftop, every bed
(Every rooftop, every bed)

Every hive I ever guarded
Every mile I ever ran
(Every mile, every mile)
All of it just chips and counters
Sitting loose in heaven's hand
(In heaven's hand)

And nobody asked the meadow
And nobody asked the town
(Nobody, nobody)
They're playing for everything, darling
And the players won't look down
(They won't look down)

So I stood among the castles
In the canyon of the game
(The canyon of the game)
And I felt my hackles rising
Like the moon had called my name
(Called my name, called my name)

Giant castles, giant castles
(Giant castles)
Casting shadows on it all
(Shadows on it all)
Keep your eyes up on your glory, dears
'Cause something's moving in the castles
(Ooooh... something's moving)
And it's about to make them fall
(Ba-dum... about to make them fall)

(Ba-dum-ba-dum, ah-oooo)

They were pondering their gambits
Seven moves ahead or more
(Seven moves or more)
When a streak of midnight thunder
Came up howling 'cross the floor
(Ah-oooo, across the floor)

I ran between the castles
I toppled every plan
(Toppled every plan)
Sent the knights into the bishops
Spun the rooks right where they stand
(Right where they stand)

'Cause the board is not the world, my darling
(The board is not the world)
And the world is not a game
(Not a game, not a game)
You can play for it in marble
But the meadow's not your claim
(No, the meadow's not your claim)

The black king stood the tallest
All crowned in polished stone
(In polished stone)
But I hit him where the tower meets the board
And down came the throne
(Timber! Down came the throne)

And both sides rose up shouting
That's against the rules, you cur!
(Against the rules!)
I said, funny thing about the rules, dears
I never signed to play
(Never signed to play)
And a wager needs a table
And your table's in the way
(Sha-la... in the way)

So heaven and hell both learned that day
(Learned that day, learned that day)
You don't gamble with the world
When a wolf's not playing your game
(Ba-dum... not playing your game)

And when the marble dust had settled
I stood upon the board
(Upon the board)
Just a wolf amid the wreckage
Of the war nobody scored
(The war nobody scored)

And far below the summit
My meadow went on humming
Like it always had before
(Like before, like before)
Never knowing, never needing to
(Never needing to)
That's what the wolf is for
(Ooooh... that's what the wolf is for)

The board is not the world
(The board is not the world)
The world is not a game
(Not a game, not a game)
Sleep easy down there, darlings
(Sleep easy, sleep easy)
The pieces all are scattered
And the morning comes the same
(Ba-dum-ba-dum)
That's what the wolf is for
(Ooooh... that's what the wolf is for)

(Ah-oooo... aaah-le-lu...)
(Howl with the choir, howl with the choir)

The battle smoke was clearing
The gate was on the mend
(On the mend, on the mend)
And the choir of heaven gathered
To sing the sorrow to an end
(Sing it to an end)

They sang in perfect circles
Harmonies of gold
(Harmonies of gold)
And I stood off at a distance
'Cause monsters don't get to hold
A melody, I'm told
(I'm told, I'm told)

But the choirmaster turned around
And waved me to the front
(Waved me to the front)
Said every harmony needs a bottom note
Long and low, up front
(Long and low)

So I howled with the choir
(Ah-oooo)
I howled with the choir
(Aaah-le-lu)
And I swear the dome of heaven rang
Like it finally caught fire
(Finally caught fire)

And if you've got a voice, dear
That never seemed to fit
(Never seemed to fit)
Come stand beside the wolf tonight
There's a harmony for it
(Aaah-le-lu, a harmony for it)
Every voice that's ever wandered
Has a home where it can sit
(A home, a home)

Who knew, who knew
(Who knew, who knew)
A howl was always hymn-shaped too
(Hymn-shaped too)
Every lonely midnight solo
I was practicing for you
(Ooooh... practicing for you)

Howl with the choir
(Ah-oooo)
Howl with the choir
(Aaah-le-lu)
Everybody howl now
(Ah-oooo)
Lift the roof a little higher
(A little higher, higher)
Even wolves were made for singing
(Made for singing, made for singing)
Howl with the choir
(Ah-oooo... aaah-le-lu)
Ooooh... made for singing
(Ah-oooo)

They offered me a medal
They offered me a crown
(Offered me a crown)
I said keep your golden laurels
Just hand my old effects back down
(Hand them back down)

My top hat and rose
(Top hat and rose)
That's all I ever need
(All I ever need)
The hat says I can walk through town
A fine upstanding someone still
(A fine upstanding someone)
And the rose says there's a meadow
Waiting green beyond the hill
(Waiting past the hill)

Some mornings it's the cobbles
Tipping my hat around the town
(Tip your hat, tip your hat)
Just a fine upstanding someone
With a friendly word to pass around
(A friendly word around)

Some mornings it's the meadow
With the sunshine on my fur
(Sunshine on my fur)
Stretched out in the clover
While my honeys hum and whirr
(Bzz-bzz... hum and whirr)

And this rose grew in that meadow
My bees danced it into bloom
(Danced it into bloom)
So when I wear it through the village
There's a meadow in the room
(A meadow in the room)

I wear the rose into the village
I wear the hat out to the bees
(The hat out to the bees)
Two halves of one whole someone
Finally at ease
(Finally, finally at ease)

I spent so long running
From the broken twisted thing I thought I was
(The thing I thought I was)
Turns out the thing I ran from
Was the hero all along, because
(Because, because)

It took the fangs to guard the gateway
And the tipped hat to be asked through the door
(Asked through the door)
And neither could have done it
As a half and nothing more
(A half and nothing more)

So here I stand, all midnight fur
In my finest evening clothes
(My finest evening clothes)
A monster with a pedigree
A hero with a nose
(Doo-wop, a hero with a nose)

Top hat and rose
(Top hat and rose)
Fangs and fine repose
(Fine repose)
The moon can rise whenever
I'm the same beneath my clothes
(The same, the same)
A fine upstanding someone
And a monster heaven knows
(Heaven knows, heaven knows)

Top hat and rose
(Top hat and rose)
Top hat and rose
(Sha-la-la, sha-la-la)
Mornings in the village
(Doo-wop)
Evenings in the clover
(Sha-la-la)
Happy in my top hat
(Doo-wop)
Holding up my rose
(Holding up my rose)
Sha-la-la-la-la
(Ooooh)
Holding up my rose
(Ooooh... sha-la-la... holding up my rose)