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Gather Bones

by The Historian Himself

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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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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
3.
'Til Spring 02:49
he grabbed the stag by its cold antlers and hauled it from the snow drift
4.
Omens 05:00
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
5.
Hear Chinese 03:53
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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it's grimlore the ghostly
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there's only so much jesus to go around
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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
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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we came to break down the gate and burn down the fortress
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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
13.
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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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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This is my second full length, self produced album.
You can download the album for free on my website (but it might not work on some mobile devices): dontmesswithdinosaurs.com

Stay tuned to my facebook page where I will be auctioning off hand painted CDs of this album: www.facebook.com/historianhimself

If you support me on patreon you'll get access to an audio short story supplementary to Gather Bones as well as a bunch of other behind the scenes and bonus material: www.patreon.com/historianhimself

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released November 10, 2015

Lyrics, lead vocals, whistlin' & production – historian
Fiddle & banjo – Drew McGowan
Flutes – Jackie Liu
Spooky singin' – Kim Megowan
Ghuzheng – Jiayi Meng
Mastering – Steven Doman

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