Amanda Palmer - The Wolf Song Lyrics






Who's that? Who's there?
Who's that? Who's there?
What's that? Who's there?
Who's that? Who's there?
You look nothing like my father
You look nothing like my father
You look nothing like my father
You look nothing like my father

Who's there? What's that sound
Who's there? Hello? Is that you?
Who's that? You came back!
Who's there? Who's outside?
Who's that? You came back!
Who's there?
You sound nothing like my father
You sound nothing like my father
You sound nothing like my father
You sound nothing like my father

You said you'd be back in hour
You said you'd be back in hour
You said you'd be back in hour
What's this?
Those eyes, that mouth, that sound
Who's that? Who's outside?
Pounding the door What's that noise?
You look sort of like my father
You look sort of like my father
You look sort of like my father
You look sort of like my father

You said you'd be back in hour
You said you'd be back in hour
You said you'd be back by tomorrow
You said you'd be back by tomorrow
You said you'd be back by tomorrow

Who's that? Smashing glass?
Scratching, thrashing, screaming my name
Twitching threatening and shaking the latch
Dad is that you, are you back?
Who's that? Who's that?
You look exactly like my father
Exactly like my father
You're exactly like my father
You're exactly like my father

You said you'd be back in hour
You said you'd be back in hour
You said you'd be back by tomorrow
You said you'd be back by tomorrow

You said you'd be back by the weekend
You said you'd be back by the weekend
You said you'd be back for my birthday
You said you'd be back for my birthday
You said you'd be back for my birthday
Little girl little girl let me come in
Little girl little girl let me come in
Little girl little girl let me come in





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  1. i.... w....

    reminds me of a dead beat dad and a mom bringing around guys

  2. S.... U....

    literal embodiment of ''dad never came back from getting milk''

  3. S.... H....

    I think it's about the dad and the son camping and dad went to get wood and got killed by a wolf and the wolf was close to the tent and he said "what's that sound.who's there" and the wolf killed the son to

  4. B.... W....

    2:30
    This part hurts me a bit too much because it just makes me think of my father who suddenly died, he was gonna spend the week with us but drove up North to take care of his parents for a bit.

    B.... W....

    I'm so sorry. Its pretty amazing you were still able to listen to this song actually. Dunno if I could if i were in your shoes. Have you found healthy ways to grieve?

  5. A.... F....

    I think this song is about an abusive father who goes out to drink way too often and way too long and also often stays out for days at a time. When he comes home he's drunk and like another person, or like a wolf/ wild animal. The daughter sees this 'creature' coming closer to their home unable to see her father in this drunken monster. As he gets closer (in a very loud and disturbing way, just like a ferocious beast or wolf) she has to realise more and more that this terrifying creature looks a bit like and then exactly like her father. Showing that she recognizes her father but also that she doesn't want to accept or acknowledge that this wolf-likely-behaving monster really is her father. In the end the father sings in a disturbing way that the little girl should let him in, demonstrating that in his drunken state he doesn't see his daughter as his daughter but just as a little girl, indicating with everything else that he wants something else from her other than a goodnight kiss... A literally terrifyingly good song!

  6. A.... ....

    Interestingly enough, while this song could still represent a drunken/abusive father, I did some reading and I actually think it is based on a Grimm Brothers fairy tale called "The Wolf and the Seven Little kids". The fairy tales first half is literally exactly what is going on in this song- The only major difference being that the wolf imitates the mother rather than the father! https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/004.txt

  7. C.... K....

    I’m pretty convinced that this song is regarding a girl who had an abusive and/or drunk father who ended up leaving her. She ends up with a guy she thought was sweet but slowly he turns out to be just as abusive and/or drunk as her father, leaving her alone yet again.

  8. P.... ....

    ladies, if he doesn’t wave the same red flags as your father is he really the one? 😔👊

  9. g.... ....

    for gods sake its about child abandonment and abuse why are you all so dense

  10. A.... 1....

    I’m pretty sure it’s about a father who left his family. He returns many years later obviously drunk and raging. They daughter is contemplating who this is. You said you’d be back... is telling about her past in which the dad said “oh I’ll be back soon”

  11. J.... S....

    It could be about dating an older man and then realizing she's dating the same kind of destructive man as her dad was and she's trying to refuse to believe he's like that until she finally let's herself realize what's going on after he's pushed her too far

  12. D.... E....

    Honestly , my stepdad(and my sister's dad)

  13. M.... L....

    I don’t think this is about a story of abuse, but rather a story of a dad leaving his daughter. Notice in the song she goes “you said you’d be back in a hour” and then it progresses on to “you said you’d be back to tomorrow” and then eventually “by the weekend” and “by my birthday”. The father is telling the child that he’ll be back, but he’s basically a dead beat dad and never comes around. The parts where she says you look nothing like my father may be her denying that her father would ever leave her and her mother. By the end she’s opened her eyes and realized that the man that left her and her mother was exactly how her father was all along, hence the line “you look exactly like my father”

  14. e.... ....

    i believe this song to be about a child who is constantly being left home alone by their angry, drunkard father. everyone else's takes are very interesting and figured i'd share mine!
    the "whats that? whos there? whats that sound?" whispers are the things that people (especially those with anxiety disorders) commonly ask themselves when they are left home alone. this child is left home alone so often that their father doesnt register to them as their father... more of a stranger with familiarity. "you said youd be back in an hour/by tomorrow/by the weekend/for my birthday" a person like this father will give (often inaccurate) estimates of when they will be back when they leave to go out. and finally, upon the fathers arrival home, hes so plastered that he cannot open the door to his own home. he screams at the front door after shaking the latch, "let me come in;" a cue for the child to get up and let their father inside. he will also probably be more prone to breaking things in this state.
    this is extremely particular, but i think kids who grew up with a parent(s) who was this way can easily relate and understand. i find it really interesting that the artist may have gone into such a specific part of child abuse with this song :]

  15. M.... M....

    I actually have another theory as to what this song could be about.

    A dog is left alone, abandoned in the middle of nowhere. Convinced his owner will return,
    He refuses to open up to anyone else. *”You look nothing, like my father. You sound nothing like my father.”*
    It’s been days since he was left behind. *”You said you’d be back in an hour!”*
    his owner’s scent becomes weaker, and he becomes confused.
    *”You look sort of like my father.”*
    It’s been weeks since his abandonment, as he waits for his owner’s return.
    *”You said you’d be back in an hour, you said you be back by tomorrow.”*
    As time passes by, the dog witnesses a lot of bad things happening.
    *”Who’s that? Smashing glass. Scratching, thrashing, screaming my name.Twitching, threatening, and shaking the latch.”*
    He wonders: *”Dad, is that you? Are you back?”*
    It comes to the point where his owner’s scent is almost nonexistent, and is no longer recognizable.
    He decides to open up to approachers. *”You look exactly like my father! Your exactly like my father!”*
    He remains in his spot, for years maybe, losing hope.
    *”You said you’d be back in an hour,”*
    *”you said you’d be back by tomorrow,”*
    *”you said you’d be back by the weekend,”*
    *”you said you’d be back for my birthday!”*

    The Lyrics *”little girl, little girl, let me come in.”* could represent what he witnesses, or approachers trying to get closer to him.

    Edit: I just realized this story sounds a lot like Emi’s from lookism o3o

    M.... M....

    There are a couple things here that I would disagree with, but overall this is a really cool new interpretation! I like to imagine for this case, that it is a very large dog, who looks more and more raggedy with time (lack of his owner meaning nobody can come to clean him if he gets messy and if he's out there for a long stretch of time, then yeah, he'll get messy fast) making him look more and more wolf-like, matching the title of the song!

  16. l.... f....

    Daddy issues the song....
    I'm saying this as a guy with Daddy issues.
    As in this song gave form to something deap and dark within me, as so many of Amanda's songs do. But still, daddy issues the song...

  17. A.... ....

    2:30 meh fav part

  18. S.... M....

    Oh yeah anyone 2018

  19. S.... M....

    I really like this song

  20. F.... C....

    Lol I didn't come here for Ivypool, instead for Breezepelt if you know what I'm talking about xd

  21. C.... b....

    Relatable

  22. P.... ....

    no offense but I feel like this is about a shitty, abusive ex instead of a step father

  23. s.... p....

    you: blue
    someone else: purple
    me (an intellectual): ya nan

    s.... p....

    I don't get it? What does this joke have anything to do with the song?

    s.... p....

    @Insert Unfunny Meme probably nothing, only the commenter knows

    s.... p....

    Explain please-

  24. w.... ....

    I think this song is about an abusive drunk father.
    "You look/sound nothing like my father." He's extremely drunk. He usually never acts like this.
    "You look sort of like my father." He's not as drunk as he was and is probably in some sort of hangover.
    "You're exactly like my father." At this point he now acts abusive either way. That's why she sounds so sad.
    "You said you be back in an hour/tomorrow/for my birthday" He keeps promising he's going to stop drinking but he never does.

    w.... ....

    this is the ONLY good comment on this whole video. bless

  25. K.... O....

    The "Who's there" goes to one side of my headphones to the other and I am NOT okay with that.

  26. A.... L....

    You guys did this live at the HiFi in Eugene, and it was the most unnerving live performance I've had the luck to see. You guys are amazing.

  27. M.... M....

    Can anybody help me chord this one out?

  28. C.... B....

    Amanda, I think you are amazing and incredibly inspiring. Thank you!

  29. A.... ....

    love it

  30. C.... B....

    I just saw Amanda and Jason in concert at Eugene, OR. When they played this song all I could think of was the creepypasta story.
    "A young girl is playing in her bedroom when she hears her mother call to her from the kitchen, so she runs downstairs to meet her mother. As she's running through the hallway, the door to the cupboard under the stairs opens, and a hand reaches out and pulls her in. It's her mother. She whispers to her child, "Don't go into the kitchen. I heard it too." http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Mother%27s_Call

  31. g.... d....

    Some reason i cried XD its a great song .

  32. M.... ....

    This song makes me so nervous. There's so many layers of emotions and stories just bleeding through the lyrics and tone of the music...just astounding.

  33. G.... t....

    Who got here from Puzzliis Until Dawn video?

  34. R.... B....

    Fucking edgy

    R.... B....

    didnt say i didnt like it

    i love edgy shit

  35. M.... T....

    Puzzlii anyone?????

    M.... T....

    Magical Trashcan Me

  36. �.... L....

    That's awesome

  37. L.... W....

    Who came here from Ivypool?

    L.... W....

    Lost Wolves Howl LOL I did XD

    L.... W....

    what ivypool?

    L.... W....

    Eveladrea She's a character from a series about feral cats called "Warriors"

  38. b.... ....

    i can't find the JIB script and i really want to know the story!

  39. F.... �....

    I think this is about a step dad who becomes like the daughter's abusive father.
    REASONING BEHIND
    In the beginning it says, "you look nothing like my father." Indicating that things started off really well when the step father moved it, earning her trust as they hung out more. The little whispers- to me- are the doubts swirling around in the daughter's head about trusting again and how it'll somehow go back to the way it was, but she ignores them. Then, things start to get gradually worse as she says "you'd said you be back in a hour" I can only relate this to the step father going out and having a few beers only to come back drunk and mean, leading things to progressively become worse. "You look sort of like my father" could express the same behaviour she is relating her step dad with to her actual father about drinking and saying hurtful things. The "you said you'd be back in an hour" to "you said you'd be back by tomorrow" could express the drifting apart of them and how she is barely able to recognise her step father compared to her biological father. Next the voices in the background and how they say "smashing glass, scratching, thrashing" could be the fights going on between the daughter and the step father or the mother and the step father. Then we hear "you look exactly like my father" leading her to finally realise that even though a new person was welcomed into the home to take the place of her old abusive father, nothing has changed. We also hear that she says "you said you'd be back by the weekend" and "you said you'd be back by my birthday" which could now turn into how the daughter is referring to her biological father and the promised he made to come back to her, but was never followed through and since her step father his like her actual father, she feels as if she is talking to him- bringing in the questions of; "You said you'd be back for my birthday- why are you here so soon?" It's more of like she is angry that her "father" has returned so soon instead of not following through and not coming back at all. And finally, we hear a verse in the background that says, "little girl, little girl, let me come in" this could be referred to as the step father and how everything has repeated and he's asking; "why won't you let me bond with you now?" It could also mean a new step father coming in and asking; "why won't you let me bond with you?" As a way to repeat the circle from beginning to end all over again.
    But this is just my opinion of what the song means.
    Please share what you think!! ^^'

    F.... �....

    I think it's several step-fathers, and how her mother's taste were fine but degenerated back into how her father was like.

    F.... �....

    Froyo Boyo

    F.... �....

    Froyo Boyo this is an awesome comment i was thinking the same thing but dumbed down

    F.... �....

    Froyo Boyo wow that was a lot to take in 😅

    F.... �....

    FROYA ᴬᴼ that makes a lot of sense, especially whenever you think of the phrase “wolf in sheep’s clothing”, ie initially seeming harmless but ultimately deceptive!

  40. H.... W....

    Honestly I came from Ivypool but THIS SONG IS GREAT

    H.... W....

    hah same! I love this song!!!

    H.... W....

    same xD

  41. H.... W....

    I think it's about a disorder that makes you think your parents aren't your parents... like how when she says you look nothing like my father she's not sure who it is but still let's him in
    And in the end when she says you exactly like my father then she is cautious and when it says "You said you'd be back on an hour" it means she saw her father leave saying he'd be back in a hour so her dad then comes back but she thought he'd be back in an hour

    H.... W....

    Hi Wazzup Or it's about a father who, as it sadly happen sometimes, left the house saying he will just do something like buying a stuff and be back but never come back.
    And now she is seeing him again long time after, when he tries to reach her again but she is so angry against him and tell him that

  42. K.... O....

    So what I get is the father is abusive. The voice is the son/daughter past self trying to figure out what happened to him also the dad. This is from daughter/sons point of view. And the mom abandoned them. The father might of went downhill. Then the kid sees how much of a monster the father really is.

  43. S.... D....

    Everything she does is amazing!

  44. H.... E....

    Damn scary. I love it.

  45. I.... R....

    brrrrr.... wow!

  46. s.... ....

    great stuff

  47. A.... C....

    amazing!!!! Love Love LOVEEEEEEEEE IT!

  48. T.... M....

    This reminds me of a rape...

    T.... M....

    Funny.
    My Interpretation is exactly the opposite.
    * You look/sound nothing like my father - accepting.
    * You look/sound sort of like my father - trying to deny.
    * You look/sound exactly like my father - denial.

    T.... M....

    That makes sense too. What I was thinking was the father is the rapist.

    T.... M....

    Dddes ufk. It is rw. b ejb. .Jo j. KW
    wunvij,.it.

    T.... M....

    Read the script of Jib, Amanda put it out with the album

    T.... M....

    @Kevin Sams r/ihadastroke

  49. 1.... ....

    so different from the evelyn evelyn work-- but damn this is awesome!

  50. m.... ....

    Awesome!

  51. F.... ....

    goosebumps

  52. l.... ....

    This all this is just 👌👌👌👏👏👏

  53. S.... G....

    Love this. I'm sure a lot of us can relate.

    S.... G....

    S.N. Graves ^

  54. M.... W....

    Interesting song! Pretty cool!

  55. S.... G....

    Favorite by far!!!!!

  56. T.... ....

    This is so fucking good

  57. l.... ....

    👌🏽