The Mother chords

[VERSE 1]
[Em]A beast lumbers through the snow her [Am]pack at her [G]heels
[D]Searching hungry throught the woods to [C]get their winter [Em]meals
[Em]They run unending through the trees for [Am]prey of any [G]size
[D]Lithe and cunning dark and strong, you [C]only see their [Em]eyes

[VERSE 2]
[Em]And as the pack surrounds their prey its [Am]hearbeat starts to [G]race
[D]Seeing now the jaws of death clamp [C]shut their last embr[Em]ace
[Em]They dig into the fallen deer and [Am]eat their hearty f[G]ill
[D]Not knowing when or how or where they'll [C]make another [Em]kill

[VERSE 3]
[Em]They tear the beast to pieces and [Am]drag the meat [G]away
[D]Remembering that not only they must ea[C]t their fill this [Em]day
[Em]The mother takes food to her pups and [Am]relishes their [G]joy
[D]Knowing that the life she took will [C]feed her little [Em]boy

[VERSE 4]
[Em]A crack echoes through the woods like the [Am]falling of an ancient [G]tree
[D]The mother lopes her final steps to see[C] what it could [Em]be
[Em]Another crack rips through the pack and [Am]tears her loving [G]heart
[D]As now the mother and her cub are [C]coldly torn ap[Em]art

[VERSE 5]
[Em]The cub takes in the pile of flesh that [Am]was its loving[G] source
[D]And knows the fear of mighty men with [C]sticks of magic f[Em]orce
[Em]What strength it is to take the love of [Am]mother for her [G]son
[D]Just to cast her meat aside and [C]spread what you have [Em]done