The Lone Wolf Wanderlust Album

 


Lone Wolf: Wanderlust is a cinematic concept album that follows the lone wolf across borders, landscapes, and inner states. Blending progressive rock, metal, pop, and anthemic melodies, it delivers both feral intensity and reflective stillness. A howl for 2025, it’s a journey without filler — each track a step deeper into the wild.

About Lone Wolf

Lone Wolf is the creative identity of Mario Cantin, an independent Canadian artist exploring the frontier between progressive rock, metal, pop, and cinematic storytelling. With Wanderlust, Lone Wolf delivers a concept album that fuses riffs, demos, and cutting-edge production tools into a mythic journey of sound.

Artist Statement

“Wanderlust was shaped with the same restless energy that drives the lone wolf across borders and into new terrain. Most of these songs began as my own riffs and completed demos, then were carried forward into full form with the aid of new creative tools. In 2025, AI is no longer a shadow on the wall but an instrument in its own right. Each track was given its final polish in my own studio, where I shaped dynamics, balance, and flow into a coherent whole. This album is not AI’s story, but mine — using every tool of the age to tell it.”

The Songs

  1. Tracks in the Snow – 4;32

  2. Feu Vert – 2:56

  3. Empty Highways – 3:19

  4. The She-Wolf and I – 4:31

  5. Chasing the Horizon – 4:38

  6. Den of Two – 3:02

  7. Borderlines – 3:30

  8. Wanderlust – 3:45

  9. Last Town Before the Wild – 3:34

  10. The Lure of Elsewhere – 4:09

  11. Howl at the Horizon – 3:11

  12. Back in the Den – 3:57


The Lyrics

1. Tracks in the Snow (instrumental)


2. Feu Vert


Verse 1

j’m’avance seul, dans l’ombre froide
loin de ma voie
je regarde
vers la proie

Le vent m’tire au loin encore
sans détour
je demeure
puis j’accours

Mes pas s’effacent sous la neige
dans toute la nuit
je me tais
puis je fuis

Ce lieu est juste passager
et je respire
sans rester
je me tire

Chorus
Feu vert / pas de retour
Mains sur le volant / cœur qui court
L’asphalte brûle sous la lune
Je suis la nuit, je suis l’errant

Feu vert / tout est ouvert
Plus de frontières / plus de repères
La route me parle, elle dit avance
Je suis le loup, je suis la chance

Verse 2
Sous la lune je me retarde
près de mon feu
je regarde
dans ses yeux

Je tiens le feu vert fidèle
que pour l’élan
qui m’appelle
vers l’avant

Les frontières tombent sous mes traces
sans un retour
je m’efface
vers l’amour

Quand l’aube révèle le parcours
j’irai plus loin
sans détour
vers demain

Chorus
Feu vert / pas de retour
Mains sur le volant / cœur qui court
L’asphalte brûle sous la lune
Je suis la nuit, je suis l’errant

Feu vert / tout est ouvert
Plus de frontières / plus de repères
La route me parle, elle dit avance
Je suis le loup, je suis la chance


3. Empty Highways



Verse 1
Every mile’s a thought I can’t turn back
Skies bruise purple, shadows stretch
Streetlights blink like old regrets
And I keep my hands on the wheel

Chorus
Empty highways, talking low
Wind in the mirrors, telling me so
Every mile’s a thought I can’t turn back
But I keep my hands on the wheel

Bridge
Memories echo in the midnight air
Whispering stories I used to share
Though the road is long and winding still
I hold on tight against my will


4. The She-Wolf and I




Verse 1

Her eyes find mine in the shadowed fire
No map between us, no road required
The night bends quiet when she is near
Her breath the compass, the path is clear

Chorus
The She-Wolf and I — through storm, through flame
No border can hold, no night can claim
The She-Wolf and I — one pulse, one den
The road may call, but we’ll meet again

Verse 2
Her silence speaks where the words would fail
Her presence stronger than wind or trail
In her I rest, yet I still remain
A wanderer bound, but not contained

Chorus
The She-Wolf and I — through storm, through flame
No border can hold, no night can claim
The She-Wolf and I — one pulse, one den
The road may call, but we’ll meet again


5. Chasing the Horizon (instrumental)



6. Den of Two 




Verse 1
The storm can have the night
While I have you
Four walls and some dim light
Together, nothing feels blue

Chorus
We are a den of two
In this space, it's me and you

Verse 2
Your breath is a blanket
Your hand, the truth
The world can rage outside

Chorus
We are a den of two
In this space, it's me and you

Bridge
In whispers, we find refuge
In silence, we hold the stars


7. Borderlines




Step over
you didn’t see the line
Aim straighter
but the road still winds

Here, there
the air changes taste
One less barrier
another to face


8. Wanderlust



Verse 1
Headlights cut a path through the night
Dust dissolves behind, I finally feel right
Every town’s a shadow on my back
Every mile erases what I lack

Chorus
Wanderlust — it calls my name
Pulling me past where the stars can’t tame
Wanderlust — I can’t remain
Even when I’m home, I’m gone again

Verse 2
Horizons rise like they answer my prayers
The night expands and my world is freer
Borders fade like chalk under water
The wind whispers there’s more to discover

Chorus
Wanderlust — it calls my name
Pulling me past where the stars can’t tame
Wanderlust — I can’t remain
Even when I’m home, I’m gone again


9. Last Town Before the Wild




Verse 1
I journey through the unknown,
Past the vast frontiers,
The path will lead where the stars have shown,
Toward my destiny without fears.

Chorus
One light blinking in the window
One cup cooling on the bar
This is the last town before the wild
And I’ve already gone too far

Verse 2
Footsteps echo on the cobblestones,
As shadows dance in the fading light,
Each step closer to the great unknown,
Guided by the silence of the night.

Chorus
One light blinking in the window
One cup cooling on the bar
This is the last town before the wild
And I’ve already gone too far


10. The Lure of Elsewhere




Verse 1
Every town has the same old face
Every road has a name I erase
Windows glow but they don’t hold me
I hear the wind and it pulls me free

Chorus
The lure of elsewhere — calling me on
The lure of elsewhere — where I belong
Every step I take, I’m already gone
The lure of elsewhere — singing its song

Verse 2
Every friend is a moment I cherish
Every love makes my heart rich
Nothing’s wrong but it's unlike me
The open sky points to who I should be

Chorus
The lure of elsewhere — calling me on
The lure of elsewhere — where I belong
Every step I take, I’m already gone
The lure of elsewhere — singing its song

Bridge (instrumental or sparse lyric)
Horizons move, they never stay
The wolf inside won’t let me stay

Final Chorus
The lure of elsewhere — calling me on
The lure of elsewhere — where I belong
Every step I take, I’m already gone
The lure of elsewhere — singing its song


11. Howl at the Horizon

Throw my voice at the edge of the earth
Hear it tear through the dark
Every sound is a part of my hunger
Every echo leaves a mark

Howl at the horizon —
till the night comes down
Howl at the horizon —
till they hear my sound

Flames rise where the sky meets the stone
Shadows break into light
Every breath is the weight of a lifetime
Every heartbeat is a fight

Howl at the horizon —
till the dawn burns through
Howl at the horizon —
I am carried by you


12. Back in the Den




Verse 1
The snow remembers where I’ve been
The wind repeats my name
The road is quiet, but it still calls me
And I’ll answer just the same

Chorus
For now, I’m here — in the den
With the one who knows my bends
The road can wait, the night can spin
Till I go again

Bridge
Whispers wander through the trees
Guiding stars above the seas
In this den, my heart’s at ease
'Till I chase the morning breeze

Verse 2
Back in the den where shadows play
Stories linger in soft decay
The fire's warmth, a gentle sway
Keeps the cold night's fear away

Guitar Solo

Verse 3
Strings echo in the moonlit night
Notes dance softly in the light
A melody both bold and bright
Flutters and soars into flight


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The Wolf Instinct Manifesto

No map, no compass. 

Only the pull of the horizon,

the taste of the wind,

the rhythm of paws in the dark.

The wolf does not dwell.

The wolf does not wait.

The wolf moves.

This is the wolf’s story —

and if it lives in you,

then you already know.

Footprints fade, but the path remains 

Every act, every work, every life leaves only traces — fragile, impermanent, soon hidden by new snow. But the path itself is eternal: each footprint is added to reality, extending what exists and shaping what follows.

A footprint is brief, a path is forever.