The Untamed Wood
A Dark Alt Folk Anthem about Reclaiming Yourself.
by manyface music
The Untamed Wood was inspired in part by one of my favorite horror films, The VVitch, but more than anything, it came from a feeling I had after my divorce.
That I had spent my entire life convincing myself that what I wanted wasn’t allowed. That it was too dangerous, or forbidden. And all that time, not realizing what I was really keeping myself from was freedom.
See, sometimes the person you trusted the most can become the voice that makes you doubt who you are.
Sometimes they don’t break you loudly. They do it quietly – through fear, guilt, or the idea that the world outside of them isn’t safe.
The woods in this song became a metaphor for that world. The unknown. The wild. The version of life that felt too dangerous to live.
But what if it wasn’t?
What if that’s where you finally become the greatest version of yourself…
"I'd rather brood - in that wild untamed wood, than stay trapped here, in this quiet death with you."
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The Untamed Wood Lyrics - Manyface Music
[Verse 1]
You feared the dark,
inside my eyes.
Snuffed my spark,
and fed me lies.
You preached to me:
"The wood's not safe."
[Refrain]
But, I hear her -
calling my name.
[Chorus]
So let the forest take me.
Let these feet go -
where they dared not tread.
I'd rather brood -
in that wild, untamed wood.
Than stay trapped here,
in this quiet death with you.
[Verse 2]
You robed your guilt,
in fear and shame.
But something stirs -
with horns and grins,
promises,
to show me what freedom is.
[Refrain]
Oh, I hear him -
calling my name.
[Chorus]
So let the forest take me.
Let these feet go -
where they dared not tread.
I'd rather brood -
in that wild, untamed wood.
Than stay trapped here,
in this quiet death with you.
[Bridge]
The mirror cracked,
I slipped right through.
Left behind,
that gospel truth -
you claimed I'd die without.
Now I strip down,
each fear and doubt.
[Refrain]
Cuz, I hear them -
calling my name.
[Chorus]
So let the forest take me.
Let these feet go -
where they dared not tread.
I'd rather brood -
in that wild, untamed wood.
Than stay trapped here,
in this quiet death with you.
[Verse 3]
I shed this skin -
you wrapped me in.
Let you call it sin,
To me - it's birth:
a life reclaimed,
a kindled flame,
And finding worth -
In this life,
I never lived.
[Refrain]
Cuz, I hear the real me -
calling my name.
[Outro]
So I will move
where these feet once feared to tread.
Not stay trapped here,
in this quiet death with you.
Then I will rise,
into the sky -
Child of the wild, untamed wood.