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Many Lives
05:03
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I come from the land of
The bubbling bog
The big rock, the gunshot
Skunk cabbage and frogs
Trains, they sang
They sang my name
Wanderlust Incarnate
That’s what I became
Trains, they rumbled
They rumbled my brain
Rattling the windowpane
While I packed my suitcase
I’ve lived many lives (lives)
I’ve surfed many tides (tides)
I’ve been born and I’ve died
Yes I’ve hurt and survived
I am a woods woman
Who knows the city
Though I’ve left the woods
The woods will never leave me
I’ve lurked underground
And I’ve spun on top
Love and destruction
Flight, forget-me-not
I carry the seed
Of a displaced people
I watch closely and listen
Yes I feel you all
I’ve been a prisoner
Now I am free
The dark side’s tried to trap me
But it cannot catch me
Whales, they howl
They howl my name
Cetaceanite Incarnate
That’s what I became
I’ve lived many lives (lives)
I’ve surfed many tides (tides)
I’ve been born and I’ve died
Yes I’ve hurt and survived
Little girl
I’m here with you little girl
The world is big little girl
So dream bigger little girl
I will help you little girl
It’s all okay little girl
‘Cause I’ve lived many lives
I’ve lived many lives
I’ve lived many lives
I’ve lived many lives
I’ve lived many lives
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2. |
Bad Spell
05:31
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Birds sang with miners’
Shaky breath and clogged lungs
The hearts of the trees stuck like sap
And beat like wilted drums
Smoke poured through the crater
Crushed deep by a giant’s toe
As the wind cried
Like a child
Lost to his daddy’s tome
I said it like a bad spell (like a bad spell)
I cast me under
I said it like a bad spell (bad spell)
I cast me under
Rhythm of bats’ wings
Stirs the air wild and cold
We hunt for the small things
The weak, sick, and old
Owl beaks tear like lightning
Silent, bright and hot
As the withering veins
Of the leaves
Start to clot
Why’d I taste that sweet honey
That fell from that pot?
Why’d I taste that sweet honey
That fell from that pot?
I said it like a bad spell (like a bad spell)
I cast me under
I said it like a bad spell (bad spell)
I cast me under
(Like a bad spell)
(Bad spell)
Streams leak like blood
Over dust charred and sore
Birds rip hair for nests
From skulls cracked and bored
Crows fly like spies
With grit teeth and locked jaws
And the boiling
Muddy water
Slowly swallows the frogs
No sound cuts the air
But my love, wild and true
A shout that was sucked up
Sucked up without you
I said it like a bad spell (bad spell)
I said it like a bad spell (bad spell)
I said it like a bad spell (bad spell)
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3. |
Waiting
03:08
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If I danced through the stars and tripped on Aries
I’d still be at war, still down on my knees
And if I soared through the barrel of kaleidoscopic sky
You’d still be here wondering, wondering why
And if I slept through the seasons and turned over in time
I know you’ve got your reasons why you still are mine
And I’m asking your reasons, can I leave you behind?
You’re still there waiting, waiting for me
Waiting, waiting
Waiting for me
Waiting, waiting, waiting
Waiting for me
If I entered Venus with no smoke screen
My body would melt, you’d still be where you’ve been
If I endured Saturn and ran on the ring
You’d hide like dark matter, just waiting to sing
And if I walked on and on without feeling my feet
You’d know where they were and you’d know where to meet
Oh you’re still there waiting, waiting for me
Will you ever stop waiting, waiting for me?
Waiting, waiting
Waiting for me
Waiting, waiting, waiting
Waiting for me
Waiting, waiting
Waiting for me
Waiting, waiting, waiting
Waiting for me
If I smoked myself silly and went laughing on at clouds
If I stared in the mirror and saw my stance, proud
If I raced to the sea like a burning hot sun
Right where I’d end up is right where I’d begun
If I shouted like lightning and I crashed like a train
If I thundered and thundered, I’d see you again
If I stang like a hornet whose nest was destroyed
That sting couldn’t stand it
Your breath can’t avoid
My breath can’t avoid
Your breath can’t avoid
My breath can’t avoid your breath
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4. |
Rat
05:27
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What do you do when you sniff a rat in our midst?
What do you do when you sniff a rat in our midst?
Bad Voodoo, take it down
Loving guns shooting now when they used to just smoke
Oh you better hear me rat, listen up, ain’t no joke
I am coming after you like a panther through the trees
Every breath out of you like a boa I’m gonna squeeze
‘Til it hurts, ‘til you’re blue, ‘til you’re falling on your knees
You won’t take my brother man just to eat your poison cheese
Scamper rodent if you want to keep your brains inside your skull
‘Cause while you’re lurking all about you know I won’t be standing still
Sniff you out by your stink, then I twist that knife to kill
You got me murdering you rat, exterminate your nest of evil
Oh what do you do when there’s a rat in our midst?
Gonna run it outta town, take a knife, make a twist?
Oh I know just what to do when there’s a rat in our midst
Gonna run it outta town, take a knife, make a twist
What is justice here for dealers of the devil’s piss?
I know that I despise your business
I can’t stand one more time to witness
This ratty plague from your dirty cave
Spreading poison that will never leave the hearts of addicts
To your crack junk it’s madness
I know you cut that shit with plastics
So rat behave ‘cause you’re in the way of helping my friends slow their decay
I just want them to be okay but with you around there’s no way
So little rat get going
Or your life will be pouring
Out of you onto the floor and what would you do if it were your hand
That stopped this cold evil in motion but had to cause some commotion
I wish you heard these words spoken by every throat you are choking
Get out rat!
You better scat!
Pussy cat behind your back!
Tell me, what do you do when there’s a rat in our midst?
Gonna run it outta town, take a knife, make a twist?
Oh what do you do when there’s a rat in our midst?
Gonna run it outta town, take a knife, make a twist
What is justice here for dealers of the devil’s piss?
Pay attention ‘cause I know where your nest is
Pay attention, I am poison like asbestos
Kill you fast, kill you slow, you are going down for sure
I am calling out your name and wiping it across the floor
‘Cause those fleas fall from your fur got me itching all around They’re biting all my friends while I watch them hit the ground
It is violent as ever even when shots make no sound
And you are gone forever when you’ve gone underground
Oh get out you reeking rat, there’s some pavement, better pound
Better move those dirty paws ‘cause you do not want to be found
What would you do?
Somebody help me
What would you do?
Oh, somebody help me
What would you do?
Oh, help me
Oh, help me
What do you do?
Help me
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Howlin' Whale
Howlin' Whale is a harmonica player, composer, and vocalist. Her bog harmonica sound comes from "The Bubbling Bog," a vast
swamp-filled woods where she grew up near a train track. Traveling led her to whales, and she set her compass forever seaward. Whale's roots come from nature, honoring reggae, blues, and Hip Hop since 2012.
Her debut EP Many Lives is out June 22, 2019 with GYPSYPOP RECORDS.
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