this song wont leave me tonight

Yeah, when i was only seventeen
I could hear the angels whispering
So i drove into the woods and wandered aimlessly about
Until i heard my mother shouting through the fog

It turned out to be the howling of a dog
Or a wolf to be exact,
The sound sent shivers down my back
But i was drawn into the pack and before long
They allowed me to join in and sing their song

So from the cliffs and highest hills,
We would surely get our fill
Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn
And i lost the taste for judging right from wrong

For my flesh had turned to fur
And my thoughts, they surely were
Turned to instinct and obedience to god

You can wear your fur
Like a river on fire
But you better be sure
If you're making god a liar
I'm a rattlesnake, babe
I'm like fuel on fire
So if you're gonna get made,
Don't be afraid of what you've learned...

On the day that i turned twenty-three
I was sleeping underneath a dogwood tree
When suddenly a girl, her skin the color of a pearl
She wandered aimlessly, but didn't seem to see
She was listening for the angels, just like me

So i stood and looked about,
I brushed the leaves off of my snout
And then i heard my mother shouting through the trees
You should've seen that girl go shaky at the knees

So i took her by the arm,
We settled down upon a farm
Raised our children up as gently as you please...

And now my fur has turned to skin
And i've been quickly ushered in
To a world that i confess i do not know
I still dream of running careless through the snow

And through the howling winds that blow,
Across the ancient distant flow
It fill our bodies up like water til we know...

You can wear your fur
Like a river on fire
But you better be sure
If you're making god a liar
I'm a rattlesnake, babe
I'm like fuel on fire
So if you're gonna get made,
Don't be afraid of what you've learned...