Name: The curse of the whale
Duration: P00H04M13S
Description: Originally written as Jens Hvalsang (2014), and recorded in this version as Spotless Junkie (2017)

The curse of the whale

from ANCHORS: The missing years by kleinGOTT

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Originally written as Jens Hvalsang (2014), and recorded in this version as Spotless Junkie (2017)

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The city keeps me aglow
defends me from the claws
of hush and bore
drags my being straying on the loud concrete and asphalt
concedes a small shaky light to make all seem to shine
just like the will o' the wisp.

The whale swims in its lake
its chant makes all shake
like a seaquake
there meets sirens charming and lulling from depth
cursed to run out every now and then to look for a breath
just tens of feet above there.

There is a place out there where I don't wanna live
and there's a place nearby where I just can't live at all.

The mountain holds my wrists
defends me from mists
and from time twists
drawing fast on this never stopping train toward the end
concedes a small sleepy gloom to make all seem just wise
as far as things ever can.

The whale's flying in the air
just sneezing a flare
of need and scare
for it actually is a misfit fish swimming out of its pool
forced to confess what its seaquakes and sirens just were
nothing but folds in the waves.

Nothing but folds in the waves.

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from ANCHORS: The missing years, released October 28, 2021

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Deathbed tunes for little gods and other monsters – from Southern Italy

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