A Bitch in the Night" (Angua's Song)

Lyrics

(Verse 1)
From the cold hills of Überwald, where the von Überwalds reign,
She fled from the castle, the cruelty, and the pain.
With a brother who’s a carpet, and a family so cruel,
She ran to the city where the madmen hold rule.
In Men at Arms she joined up, a secret to keep,
While the rest of the city was soundly asleep.
But the scent of the cobblestones gets under your skin,
When you’re trying to balance the woman within.
​(Chorus)
Oh, the moon is a mirror that reflects what you hide,
When the pull of the pack starts to tear you inside!
And the coppers all mutter when she walks into sight,
"Watch out for that Angua, she’s a bitch in the night!"
Yeah, a literal bitch when the silver light gleams,
Walking the border of two different dreams.
​(Verse 2)
She’s tracked down the killers through Feet of Clay,
And smelled out the treachery in Jingo’s hot bay.
In The Fifth Elephant she ran back to her home,
To face down her past in the dark and the gloom.
Then down in Koom Valley for Thud! she would fight,
A wolf in the darkness, a copper in light.
She wanted to run, to just vanish from view,
But the badge on her chest held her steady and true.
​(Chorus)
Oh, the moon is a mirror that reflects what you hide,
When the pull of the pack starts to tear you inside!
And the coppers all mutter when she walks into sight,
"Watch out for that Angua, she’s a bitch in the night!"
Yeah, a literal bitch when the silver light gleams,
Walking the border of two different dreams.
​(Bridge)
There’s a word for the wolves that choose humans to love,
They leave the wild forest for the ceiling above.
And she tries to be fierce, and she tries to be grim,
But her wild, lupine heart belongs solely to him.
With his big carrot hair and his simple, sweet grace,
He looks at the monster and sees only her face.
He’s never been bothered, not one single day,
By the fur or the fangs or the scent of the prey.
​(Verse 3)
Her brother Wolfgang tried to drag her right back,
To the law of the mountain, the blood of the pack.
But she chose the Night Watch, and she chose to remain,
Trading the wilderness for a badge on a chain.
Let the high moon burn bright, let the transformation start,
They can’t change the loyalty deep in her heart.
​(Outro)
So hear the wolf howl as the clock strikes the hour,
The smartest damn copper in the top of the tower.
She’s his wolf, she’s his partner, she’s holding the line,
The finest female hound on the Discworld timeline!
Yeah, she’s a bitch under the full moon's glow—
But she’s the best damn watchman that you’ll ever know!
(Wolf howl fading into a heavy guitar chord)