The speaker is a solitary figure surviving in the ruins of San Francisco. Waiting in an abandoned high-rise room with a spare white bedspread, the speaker acts as a witness to the destruction of modern civilization. They possess a deep connection to the wild and are the sole entity listening to the cries of the approaching animal.

The last surviving wolf travels through the clutter and broken machines of a decimated urban landscape. Possessing a long gray muzzle, burning yellow eyes, and a wild loping gait, the wolf acts as an enduring force of nature in an artificial setting. He travels eastward through the broken city to seek out the speaker and deliver an unspoken message.