It's hard to articulate what's behind the lyrics - there's no story line per se. I'm trying to explore the lure of the primordial, wild, uncivilised force. Sort of a heart of darkness thing.
The first verse talks about the use of force and violence - how thin the veneer of civilzation. And yet the lust for power is compelling.
The second verse is along the same lines - fearing the knock on the door in the middle of the night. I make an allusion to a famished wolf being the frightened beast - and yet a wolf is a predator.
The new third verse probably goes too general too fast and also adds some mixed messages as you said. The lonely eyes of God refers to a lack of communication between people and God - he has no influence. The predator and prey thing is the switching of roles - succumbing to the power of the wild. The last line "there's fear in your eyes at the end of my dreams" I kinda like, but as I said it doesn't really work in the poem because the idea is that there is supposed to be a melding with the force at the end of the dreams. Maybe "your eyes are smiling at the end of my dreams" would be better.
Then the next verse - the general one - kinda wraps it up, talking about the lure of getting back in touch with that primordial force. The final verse is sort a finishing chant that might fade out to end the song. Maybe two voices doing it in an overlapped way.
Thanks again for your patience and suggestions - I appreciate them. It's all a bit grandiose.
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