Young Heretics – I Know I'm A Wolf lyrics

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.

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.

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.