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Many Lives

by Howlin' Whale

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Many Lives 05:03
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MANY LIVES Lyrics by Howlin’ Whale Music by Howlin’ Whale, Taylor Quinn, Fire Mist 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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Bad Spell 05:31
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BAD SPELL Lyrics by Howlin’ Whale Music by Howlin’ Whale, Taylor Quinn 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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Waiting 03:08
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WAITING Lyrics by Howlin’ Whale Music by Howlin’ Whale, Taylor Quinn, Fire Mist 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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Rat 05:27
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RAT Music and Lyrics by Howlin’ Whale 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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released June 21, 2019

GYPSYPOP #31
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