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The Oxwhal

by You Big Ox

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1.
He roams on foot and he lives on, the land provides, creates protection He roams on foot, the land provides, devastation, and then deprives His main concern is conservation With friction from the fire bow, the sustenance ignites bringing on hallucinations, the dead becoming alive Is this familiar? we danced around the fire the world can burn behind us, underneath the moon We are the same, and this feels right ones and zeros are your eyes, set the traps and we’ll survive watch the sun pass us by, ones and zeros are your eyes Is this familiar? we only disappoint
2.
Set adrift into blackened seas overcasted where there is no communication, radio silence North is somewhere beyond the cries from aft These rough seas, hoist the sails Clouds color the dome, hoist the sails of forgiveness Desperate Destroyer Clouds color the dome, hoist the sails of forgiveness the color in dreams is desolate Drifting into the unknown, we trust that the compass is true the beach is luminescent We are here adrift, into the unknown, we trust that the compass is true
3.
Meat Sleeper 12:05
We wear our human masks, we decorate our silent hearts the distance that we travel on, calculated life Lie awake in the night, with our troubled hearts This is a symbol of sacrifice We sleep, We breathe We wear our human masks, we desecrate our silent hearts The distance we travel is calculated, passing trees, knots and these, endlessly, the canopy is a collective I spent a lot years watching country here, watching all this shit die off This is a product of a lot of blood and guts And now we hang our meat by the fire and thatch our hearts with broken glass The distance we travel is calculated, passing trees, knots and these, endlessly, the canopy is a collective Now I’m the King of all this shit and guts, I lie awake at night in the darkest hours
4.
Mutations too slow to perceive, the future is now. Mutations becoming disease, melt into the void over and over this pushes back time Run your finger through the piles, lift the skin and separate bones Pour your drinks into the fire, watch the flames give way to coals slice the flesh against the grain, run your finger through the pile watch the coals burst into flames, dead slow and no wake Thoughts are circular and when they collide all the tissues dissolve in the light in the fire but the smoke on their wings is preventing safe flight currents are above us but our hearts are way down below Pour the drinks into the fire, watch the flames give way to coals roasted marrow from the bones, glowing fire Run your finger through the pile, will the coals provide the light the theory abides Your thoughts are circular, your prayers mirror the ether and the soul Our hearts are the currents above and below, thoughts of forgiveness realized Watch the coals burst into flames, run your finger the piles, separate sliced flesh against the grain, marrow from the bone, dead slow and no wake
5.
I shift my gaze, to the ocean fronts and swells The seas will recognize our faces, our faces of contemplation Hold your head in your hands, we chase the shade, and hide our faces from the sun Hold your head in your hands, we taste the same, the flesh upon our bones bleeds red Follow the moons like astronauts Follow the leaves that make you there Follow the birds that know their way back Shadows of spirits dance on the walls Where the river used to flow
6.
suddenly faceless cult of suicide by freeze and shatter pieces of the bodies like shards of glass will freeze crystallized detritus, breathe in ancient dust
7.
I exist in the timber and the floods of light, I am digital and analyzed Consider this a monolith, we are in disguise the movers of light We are synthesis mechanized, life imitates life Love everything, breathe in life, scents of the feathers read in ones and zeros Consider this a monolith, we are in disguise shifting in time We are synthesis, mechanized, scents of the feathers read in ones and zeros Shadows on the wall, reflections of death, at this altitude, the hues inflate and exhume Shadows on the wall, reflections of life and, the stars and ash, sewn into the sky Monolith of death in the sky, far from it’s casted shadows, is this synthesis? Icons of faith and dismemberment, casted shadows, is this synthesis? Reflections of life, sewn into the sky, the ruins covered in ash, the hues inflate in your eyes

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released March 10, 2016

music by Derek Donley
lyrics and art by Derek Donley and Nicole Pasco
additional vocals on 4 and 7 by Charles Elliott
cats amongst the ruins

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You Big Ox Los Angeles, California

My name is Derek. I play the drums and guitars. I have 2 cats. Pizza should never have more than 3 toppings. Cycling and backcountry camping are the best things in life. I don't fuck with carbonated drinks, never have.

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