Wolves at Bay

Why'd you do it

Went ahead when there's no one to guide you through it

Like nothing to it, the present danger, you mighta knew it

Either way you're walking right into it, like you're invited to it

Was it worth it?

Trying to throw the tide back at the ocean like maybe you could divert it

But maybe it's already certain?

And they're saying that it's a lost cause Jack, you should draw curtains

The sacrifice, that you offered up

Followed through and coughed it up, they want to knock you out

They want to lock you up, did you ever think twice?

Cause if it's economic or not, everyone has their price

And the toll that it took, from rolling the dice

And dedicating your whole life to getting integrity right

From the bush to the bright lights, and the building sights

On the frontline gathering to fight

There was no hesitation, no thought of being brave

Just a certain elation, keeping the wolves at bay

Keeping the wolves at bay

Won't let the light go out in me

Can't let the light go out in me

Can't let the light go out in me

Won't let the light go out in me

Why'd you stick your neck out, enough to get it cut off

You could've gone under the radar and then caught the run-off

The lifestyle will rub off, the perks of the plum job

But then you never sold your people out for the pay of some boss

The young city that wants to be a metropolis

All of these apartments, skyscrapers, offices

Acquiring of properties, driving out the poverty

Askin was the premier and everywhere he's pocketing

Nobody was stopping 'em, they never gave a second thought

To what they were demolishing, if they got fined

It wasn't what the profit is, they say couldn't stop progress

Money, power and politics and the cause seems hopeless

But if progress at any cost is this

When people are steamrolled and pushed out like they cease to exist

Well, what kind of process is this

It was time for the ground beneath to shift

Danger all around us

Time to stand up and be counted till we number in the thousands

Time to take back what's ours from these cowards

Corrupted by their power in their ivory towers

So we making no allowance

For the greatness of the labour or the lateness of the hour

Time to take back what's ours, never cower

In the belly of the beast where still the weak get devoured

But

There was no hesitation, no thought of being brave

Just a certain elation, keeping the wolves at bay

Keeping the wolves at bay

Won't let the light go out in me

Can't let the light go out in me

Can't let the light go out in me

Won't let the light go out in me

I've faced the menace, I've seen its teeth

Casting its shadow

Can't let the light go out in me

Let the light, let the light in me

Won't let the light go out in me

Let the light, let the light in me

Won't let the light go out in me