The Lone Wolf Albums
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
Tracks in the Snow – 4;32
Feu Vert – 2:56
Empty Highways – 3:19
The She-Wolf and I – 4:31
Chasing the Horizon – 4:38
Den of Two – 3:02
Borderlines – 3:30
Wanderlust – 3:45
Last Town Before the Wild – 3:34
The Lure of Elsewhere – 4:09
Howl at the Horizon – 3:11
Back in the Den – 3:57
The Lyrics
1. Tracks in the Snow (instrumental)
2. Feu Vert
Verse 1
3. Empty Highways
4. The She-Wolf and I
5. Chasing the Horizon (instrumental)
6. Den of Two
7. Borderlines
8. Wanderlust
9. Last Town Before the Wild
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
12. Back in the Den
Guitar Solo
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.
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Album "The Path that Matters"
Album Description — The Path That Matters
The Path That Matters is an inward journey — a concept album rooted in clarity rather than escape.
Philosophically, the record explores timeless questions of perception, self-direction, and meaning: how beliefs are formed, how inner noise accumulates, and what remains when illusion falls away. Epistemologically, it questions not what we know, but how we come to know — and what kinds of knowing cannot be taught, inherited, or imposed.
There is a psychedelic quality to the album, but not in the chemical or nostalgic sense. It reflects a state of heightened awareness — a being “high on life” that echoes the perceptual openness of the late 1960s, without the toll that era often carried. Expansion without dissolution. Wonder without self-destruction. Clarity instead of chaos.
Musically, the album unfolds deliberately, favoring space, atmosphere, and structural intention over excess. Songs evolve rather than explode, inviting attentive listening and reflection. The experience is less about being carried away and more about coming back — to inner alignment, to discernment, to choice.
Lyrics
Ode
Lost
[Verse 1]
We build our towers out of fear
Chasing echoes we can’t hear
Running faster through the maze
Forgetting who lit the blaze
[Chorus]
Being lost and not knowing why
Flipping all we see beneath the sky
Every answer turns to mist
Still the true seeker persists
[Verse 2]
Voices tell us who to be
Selling fragments of the sea
Truth lies quiet, out of view
Only grasped by the few
[Chorus]
Lost within and I don’t know why
I'm done following maps that lie
Every question hides the key
Still I know I'm meant to see
[Bridge]
The path begins where reason ends
Where the heart no longer bends
The silence hums, the noise decays
And memory transcends its maze
[Outro]
At last I sense the truth profound
And that’s how I am found
Ashes
[Verse 1]
When I fail and won’t let go
I burn it all down and I regrow
I must not shy away to destroy
If I hope to uncover a new joy
[Chorus]
From the ashes, life is reborn
Gentle after being torn
Nothing dies that truth can claim
It only sheds its misplaced name
[Verse 2]
Smoke remembers, rising slow
Every fear we’ve come to know
Yet beneath the blackened air
Something new is breathing there
[Chorus]
From the ashes, life is reborn
Gentle after being torn
Nothing dies that truth can claim
It only sheds its borrowed name
[Bridge]
Let it burn, let it release
All that hinders inner peace
Flame reveals what can’t be lost
The soul that never counts the cost
[Outro]
Silence settles, clean and wide
I come out through purified.
Echoed
[Verse 1]
You walk by as I look the other way
Each of us stuck in our own play
Your thoughts are not about me
My dreams don’t include thee
[Chorus]
Every squirm we try to hide
Is mirrored on the other side
Echoed in one another
But both none the wiser
[Verse 2]
You dream in color while I dream in grey
Both convinced we’ve found the way
Every heart yearns for a sound
That never seems to come around
[Chorus]
Every fear we try to hide
Is mirrored on the other side
We’re echoed in one another
But we’re none the wiser
[Bridge]
If I could feel your silent thought
Would I learn the thing I sought
If all our walls were made of glass
Would our differences come to pass
[Outro]
So we move, and we remain
Hearing others call our name
Every stranger, near or gone
Echoed— yet we keep moving on
Compass
[Verse 1]
I once followed every choice
Thought that somehow I’d rejoice
I had built my world up high
Only to lose what was close by
[Chorus]
I sense a pulse deep within
A steady hum draws me in
It never left and only hid
Beneath everything I did
[Verse 2]
I believed the stars would guide
And ended up on the wrong side
Every option I would weigh
Was only leading me astray
[Chorus]
I sense a pulse deep within
A steady hum draws me in
It never left and only hid
Beneath everything I did
[Bridge]
Whenever I’m lost, it waits below
Quiet as roots beneath the snow
It doesn’t point like an evening star
It simply says be who you are
[Outro]
I was never without a way
Just not attuned to feel the sway
Now I hear the compass’ hum
Free to choose what I become
Silence Frees
[Verse 1]
The louder I think, the less I know
Words just pile up and overflow
Every thought is a passing breeze
I bear the weight — I feel the squeeze
[Chorus]
Silence frees what noise constrains,
Unwinds knots in my confused mind
No need to ask, no need to please
I breathe again — and silence frees
[Verse 2]
The world tells me what to feel
Selling cures it swears will heal
But truth has no guarantees
It rests where I find release
[Chorus]
Silence frees what noise constrains,
Unwinds knots in my confused mind
No need to ask, no need to please
I breathe again — and silence frees
[Bridge]
No battle left, no war to win
No voice above, no voice within
The space stays still, the mind sees
The soul mends — and silence
frees
[Outro]
I let it go, I let it be
The noise dissolves inside me
Nothing is left to chase or seize —
Just that which the silence frees
Horizons Unseen
[Verse 1]
When the rush begins to slow,
And I see the undertow,
Every line I tried to trace
Fades into a wider space.
[Chorus]
Horizons unseen, not out there, but here,
Where the quiet turns clear.
Nothing to chase, nothing to win —
The open sky begins within.
[Verse 2]
I once searched for something more,
Past each window, through each door.
But all the distance I could roam
Led me back to where I’m home.
[Chorus]
Horizons unseen, not out there, but here,
Where the quiet turns clear.
Nothing to chase, nothing to win —
The open sky begins within.
[Bridge]
No map required, no stars to chart,
The space is drawn inside the heart.
When wanting falls, the view expands —
A boundless world is just at hand
[Outro]
So I walk, but nothing moves,
The stillness is the one that proves:
Every world I’ve ever been
Lives inside — horizons unseen.
The Path That Matters
[Verse 1]
I looked for roads to lead me
For choices that would please me
All I found was a wasteland
None that truth could ever stand.
[Chorus]
The path that matters
No one can dictate
The thought that betters—
You forge your own fate
[Verse 2]
I searched for signs to save me
Enlightenment to shape me
Every voice that claimed my hand
Left a mark not to withstand
[Chorus]
The path that matters
No one can dictate
The thought that betters—
You forge your own fate
[Bridge]
No iron key, no hidden door
No guru’s hand to bow before
The gate was never locked at all
I rise because I chose to fall
[Chorus]
The path that matters
No one can dictate
The thought that betters—
You forge your own fate
[Outro]
So let the path reveal its face
No steps to follow, own your pace
No higher judge, no hand to guide—
The path was always yours inside
What Cannot Be Taught
[Verse 1]
You sail without your maps
Know to steer clear of traps
Your inner voice as guide
Your field of vision wide
[Chorus]
You learned to reach higher highs
Knowledge older than your eyes
Such that no words could describe
But to instinct you ascribe
[Verse 2]
No teacher paved this road
No creed explained the code
The signal came to thee
From beyond your memory
[Chorus]
You learned to reach higher highs
Knowledge older than your eyes
Such that no words could describe
But to instinct you ascribe
[Bridge]
No veil to draw
No clutch at straws
Now in your grasp
Too pure to mask
[Chorus]
You learned to reach higher highs
Knowledge older than your eyes
Such that no words could describe
But to instinct you ascribe
[Outro]
You remember without name
The distant spark of a flame
Not learned not earned and not caught
What cannot ever be taught
Alone Amongst a Multitude
[Verse 1]
I walk the world my way
In patterns that don’t sway
A life marked by motion
No hint of erosion
[Chorus]
I stand in a crowd
Alone I avow
In the multitude
I feel solitude
[Verse 2]
Nothing breaks my will
Everything adds a thrill
My own transcendence
Carried by silence
[Chorus]
I stand in a crowd
Alone I avow
In the multitude
I feel solitude
[Bridge]
No doctrine pulls me under
No need to fear the thunder
Just living in the moment
Eyes up at the firmament
[Chorus]
I stand in a crowd
Alone I avow
In the multitude
I feel solitude
[Outro]
A billion voices hum as one
In a place I’m no longer from
No grand departure — just the view
The world moves on — and so do you