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Hungry Forever More
05:11
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they're asking: why are them jaws so strong?
why are them claws so long?
they're asking: why do you knaw through to the marrow of the bone?
because i'll be hungry forever more
i've seen the hungry little fish make the flesh no more
i've seen the high tide bring them bones to the shore
i've seen the worms in the soil
and the vulture soar
and i'll be hungry forever more
i've heard them insects make their strange songs in the night
i've seen an old coyote with them glowin eyes
i've seen a child get born
and a grown man die
and i'll be hungry forever more
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Old Black Coffin
03:13
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our ancestry is an old black coffin
embraced by the roots of a great ash tree
our ancestry is so cold and forgotten
now don't be afraid to open it with me
we'll break the latch with the butt of a rifle
and pulverize the bones to cure our disease
oh our ancestry is so cold and forgotten
now don't be afraid to open it with me
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'Til Spring
02:49
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he grabbed the stag by its cold antlers and hauled it from the snow drift
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Omens
05:00
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she sung of black winged things from the east
with faces like masks and talons on their feet
she sung of dark clouds from the mountains falling down
and how these shooting stars are but omens
from above
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Hear Chinese
03:53
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i came to bend my back
make that old pickaxe swing
i'm gonna dig until i hit gold
or hear chinese
and while yall watch that lantern fall
til darkness swallows the glow
i'll be somewhere down below
seein' just how deep this ol' rabbit hole goes
cuz i came to bend my back
make that old pickaxe swing
i'm gonna dig until i hit gold
or hear chinese
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Meet Grimlore
02:26
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it's grimlore the ghostly
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So Much Jesus
01:45
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there's only so much jesus to go around
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8. |
Church of Bones
04:54
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oh i don't know
what shall we do with all these bodies
oh i don't know
perhaps we'll build a church out of their bones
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Ghost Elk
05:48
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i am ghost elk, broken-quill, heavy-brow, the waker. i creep like the light of dawn over eastern ridge with quiver laden, hear their hooves and hollow ribs.
the slaughtered elk army followed me through generations migratory, hear their antlers in the wind.
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Throwing Torches
04:17
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we came to break down the gate and burn down the fortress
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Grandfather's Sword
02:12
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Heart and Lungs
01:06
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the heart and lungs
the voice and the drum
were married from the moment they were born
the heart beat for its lungs
and the lungs sang to their drum
as the golden sun sank into blackest africa
and by the fireside all stories were born
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13. |
Shadow Beloved
04:04
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oh i rose so slowly
up from the loam
and i found you there
in the sky
all clothed in stars discarded light
and you gave to me my shadow beloved
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14. |
Time to Rebuild
02:55
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it's time to rebuild
but we move on so slowly
it's time to rebuild
for the past fades unholy
and i curl with the leaves
amongst the ghosts of old november
'til it all falls away
with the wind in the winter
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