No-Fi Soul Rebellion – Wolf Control
written by matt
Do you think you can tell a wolf not to be a wolf?
Do you think he’ll spare your flocks, do you think that is enough?
Will a thousand years of instinct simply pass you by?
Can you live without your sweetmeats on those long winter nights?
Well, until we find a better way, it’s *blam blam blam* ’til we figure it out…
This song basicly covers verse 23, chapter 13, from the book of Jeremiah: ”Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?” The answer is, of course, “no”, and this song lays out three situations where you can’t expect someone to change what they fundamentally are: A wolf, a child, and a man. It’s not neccesaily a philosophy that I agree with, but the lyrics do an excellent job of stating the issue: kids will be kids, wolves will be wolves, and men will be men. Wolves eat sheep, kids want to have sex, and men fight each other. Finally, the last verse accuses the subject of having not-entirely-selfless motives for trying to change people: “Does the knowledge that you tried help you sleep at night?”
Well, until we find a better way, it’s *buy the album* ’til we figure it out…