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Young Heretics – I Know I'm A Wolf lyrics
Dear rabbit my legs are getting weak chasing you
The snow fields wouldn't seem so big if you knew
That this blood on my teeth it is far beyond dry
And I've captured you once but I wasn't quite right
So I'm telling you that you'll be safe with me
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Rabbit my claws are dull now so don't be afraid
I could keep you warm as long as you can just try to be brave

Yes I know I'm a wolf and I've been known to bite
But the rest of my pack I have left them behind
And my teeth may be sharp and I've been raised to kill
But the thought of fresh meat it is making me I'll
So I'm telling you that you'll be safe with me
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So rabbit please stop looking the other way
It's cold out there so why not stay here
Under my tail
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    WalkUnseen
    Honestly when I first listened to the song I fell in love with its haunting lilt and mourning quality. The droning notes and solemn singer offer a story in itself. Though as a piece of art there may be no true explanation... I saw this as a tragedy. A rabbit and a wolf are forever separated by their very nature. They live in two separate worlds and when they come together it can only spell bloodshed. The part in the song where the music stops and turns eerie is perhaps when the wolf accidently snaps and hurts the "rabbit". Later he says "please stop looking the other way" as if the rabbit is angry or put out with the wolf. The wolf wants the rabbit to stay but the rabbit knows it will happen again. Its kind of like how humans interact with each other in a way. A wolf catches a rabbit and lets it go, realizes letting it go "wasn't quite right" and returns to recapture and complete the intended job beforehand. Whether that it to now destroy and consume the rabbit or love it is unknown.

    Also this song may spell out how it is impossible for a "wolf" to love a rabbit" as he will more than likely eventually kill it or chase it away. Creatures from two separate worlds are doomed to fight and die in spite of their love.

    Also the quote "love is like a falcon." Comes to mind. This basically describes how love seeks, finds, and eventually consumes. Much like a wolf would consume a rabbit perhaps.
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    Truly, this is a really emotional song.

    You can take this any way, really. The most common seems to be the wolf is attempting to deny their nature and not eat the rabbit, so much that meat seems unappealing. However, the wolf slips and does something to the rabbit such as attacks it but fails to kill it.

    Personally, the above is definitely what it seems like. I rather feel like it could also be describing a relationship, or mayhap the wolf is attempting to trick the rabbit into feeling safe. But honestly I don't believe the last one, at least not as much.

    The last words and tone, however, put me in the mind that if we are talking of the former theory then the wolf accidentally killed the rabbit and regrets it as the tone is sad and the music soft and almost eerie. A parallel to towards the middle where the music is heavy and harsher, and also more shiver-inducing.

    There is the thought that towards the middle, maybe, the wolf is going through possible withdrawal symptoms from trying to defy nature and not eat the rabbit.

    In short: it seems, in my opinion, to be a song where the wolf is attempting to befriend a rabbit by denying their nature.
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  • U
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    I have a completely different response to what I think it means. This is like my favourite song of all time, and it’s so eiree and beautiful I have listened to it that many times but only after hearing it so many times did I come up with this meaning.

    When I listened to this song over and over, it kind of reminded me of “Little Red Riding Hood”. The theme to me goes along the “wolf” being like a man, and the “rabbit” being like a little girl who is reaching maturity. The reference to blood in the song reminds me of in “Little Red Riding Hood” when she wears a red cape to represent her purity, like a rabbit, represents innocence.

    The wolf is talking for all men, saying that he isn’t like all men and convincing the curious female (rabbit) that she “will be safe with” him, almost like a father figure or boyfriend figure. It’s almost like he’s grooming her (rabbit) and seducing her to come with him just like the wolf does in the tale “Little Red Riding Hood”.

    “Yes I know I’m a wolf” is like he is saying he knows he’s a man and men can be dangerous to young girls, (talking about sexually), it’s like he’s trying to convince her that he’s not a typical man and won’t use her for s**, like an animal. “Been raised to kill” is like he’s born a man and can’t change that, and he’s convincing her that he’s safe to be with and he won’t be like any “male” creature in the world and use the girl. “Fresh meat” could be a metaphor for, well, the girls ‘womanly bits” and “it is making me ill” is like he’s ill to think that any man could want a young girl like her.

    Then the powerful, dramatic music comes on, and the artist of the song sings like a wolf howling. And that’s what a wolf does, it howls. So this could suggest the man is doing what he does and abusing the young girl after he has persuaded her. The dramatic music makes you feel scared and have goosebumps, you feel what the girl (rabbit) may be feeling.

    Then it all stops and slows down. It’s like suddenly the man (wolf) has changed again and gone nice, because he now needs to convince the girl (rabbit) that what he did was a mistake. It’s a vicious cycle between a man and a girl he is grooming since she thinks she’s being loved because of his persuasion “why not stay here under my tail” it’s like he’s suddenly got to pretend that what he did to her (sex) was an act of his love, although the sad slow music at the end suggests that she’s doubting his feelings now after he’s hurt her yet again.
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  • U
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    Essentially this song has two meanings - on the first simpler, it's about the chase between a wolf and a rabbit but on the other is about an abuser and the abused.
    I really wouldn't go so far into analysis if I didn't know how good young heretics is at this so bear with me.

    The wolf - the abuser - is persuading the rabbit - the abused - to come back to them.

    In the first verse, I feel that 'I've captured you once but it wasn't quite right' is very much an amendment thing. A "I won't do it again" kind of statement.
    The wolf throughout speaks in a very authoritive tone despite the instances that the rabbit will be safe with the repeated "telling you" instead of "I promise I won't hurt you again" or "I'm sorry".

    All the things the wolf says are used to persuade, they're lines like "I could keep you warm" and "my claws are dull now" and the idea that he's left his pack behind (could be a metaphor for his bad or abusive behaviour).

    Despite all this "change" in the wolf, there's still the line about the blood on his teeth behind far beyond dry. This pretty much makes it clear that no matter what, the rabbit won't ever be safe and he's just going to repeat the abuse.

    In the story of the physical wolf and rabbit, this would probably be the wolf killing and eating the rabbit.

    The final lines are the last persuasion, that it's cold and the rabbit could be warm if they only were brave and stayed with the wolf. "Looking the other way" feels very much like a relationship where there's been an argument and one partner is refusing to forgive the other.

    The ending is left open as to whether the rabbit dies/the wolf gets what it wants.
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    It isn't long, but I think that this song is about someone trying to defy their true nature. When the music gets eerie, I think he ended up killing the rabbit. He hurt it. But afterwards, he seems to regret it and want a second chance, since the last lines seem to be laced with sorrow.
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    I believe that this song has a lot of possible meanings, but the first one that comes into mind is school. There are different groups of kids like the jocks, or popular girls/boys starting around middle school. These two groups usually are the meaner ones who pick on the kids that they may be think are weird like geeks, or people who are just different. I think of the wolf as one of those meaner kids and the rabbit as the kid getting picked on.

    When it says"Dear Rabbit, my legs are getting weak chasing you," I think it means that the "wolf" is tired of teasing the "rabbit". Next it says "the snow fields wouldn't seem so big, if you knew." The "wolf" might have something personal going on with him that might be influencing him. "That this blood on my teeth, is far beyond dry." May mean that he has done bad things recently to the "rabbit". It then says "I have captured you once, but I wasn't quite right, so I'm telling you, that you'll be safe with me." It is the "wolf" saying that he was wrong to do the things that he had done and that the "rabbit" is safe with him.

    "And Rabbit, my claws are dull so don't be afraid," may mean that he is not planning to do anything bad to the "rabbit". "I could keep you warm as long as you try to be brave" could mean that the wolf is offering to be friends with the rabbit. "Yes I know I'm a wolf, and I've been known to bite, but the rest of my pack, I've left them behind," means that the jock, we'll say, knows that is the group he's placed in and that he is known for being a bully, but he has tried to leave his past behind. "And my teeth may be sharp and I've been raised to kill, but the thought of fresh meat, it is making me ill, so I'm telling you you'll be safe with me." May mean that the wolfs old friends have influenced him but the way he has been treating others doesn't appeal to him anymore.

    After these last lines there is a part of the song that makes it seem really eerie and bad like he did something to the rabbit. Then there are the last lines of the song that say "So Rabbit, please stop looking the other way, its cold out there, so why not stay here under my tail." These lines are sung in a bit of a sober tone which leaves me to believe that in the eerie part he did something to the rabbit he didn't mean to do and the rabbit is mad at him, but when the wolf says "it's cold out there so why not stay here under my tail." It sounds like the wolf wants to protect the rabbit from others that want hurt him.

    This is just what comes to mind when I hear the song.
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    I feel link the song meaning is a parallelism to the "chase" that occurs between men and women (especially during high school). The story takes place from the male's (the wolf) point of view in his "chase" with the female (the rabbit). But in a darker tone.

    "Dear rabbit my legs are getting weak chasing you."
    The male is stating that he's beginning to get bored/tired of the "chase."

    "I know I'm a wolf, and I've been known to bite, but the thought of fresh meat, it is making me ill."
    The male is stating that he knows that his nature leads him to do wrong but however, does not want to hurt the female's emotions.

    "so rabbit, please stop looking the other way"
    Things got too brash, the male did something the female did not condone, or the female is hurt and wanting to leave.

    The lyrics of the song could also describe a one night stand.

    This interpretation is probably off, it's just the way I perceived it.
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    I think that this song can be seen in two ways. One, the wolf is trying to trick the rabbit this idea doesn't seem likely because first, the wolf says "I've captured you once," and at the end of the song the rabbit is still alive with the wolf trying to take care of the rabbit. Two is that the wolf has changed its ways. The blood on his teeth is long passed dry so he hasn't eaten meat in a long time and apparently the very thought sickens him. Weather he hurt the rabbit or not is not known but trust was something he wanted.
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