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The Owl
04:42
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Moon after moon
I perch here and stare
Stare at your wings
The hooing that you sing
And as you soar by
Night after night
The fog floats through by your wings
As you sail through the night
And I'de hide in the leaves
But now I stand out
Away from the leaves
Hoping that you see
And as you soar by
I open up my wings
I close my eyes and sing
Sing to you in the light
When the nighttime goes and the morning comes
And your asleep somewhere and I'm still up
And when the morning goes and the daytime comes
I will have gathered prey for you when the nighttime comes
But the prey is running few I still leave them all for you
But my bellies growing hungry
And you fly around
head peering down
I want your eyes
You look away
I need them so
Just for a glance
You look away
Stern shadowed brow
And as you go
I hear you sing
For someone else
For someone else
For someone else
I hear you sing
For someone else
For someone else
I hear you sing
For someone else
For someone else
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2. |
The Buffalo
05:44
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I'm
I'm leaving
I'm leaving no
I'm leaving no trace
I'm
I'm on
I'm on my,
I'm on my way
I've Wandered, I've wondered for weeks
Exploring the peaks, the falls are too many
Just like the enemy that slaughters our young
They dress as our own, they climb and they creep
From the peaks we've explored
They weren't there before
We gaze and we drink as the trout pass our sip
We're heading far west extending the trip
Our biggest and best have forgotten the week
No
No place
No place is
No place is safe
No
No place
No place that I
No place I can stay
More running each day
Our pack has run few
We run for the sun , through the heat and the dew
Today there are three, tomorrow it's two
I'm the last one chasing the sun
I'm the last one chasing the sun
No
No place
No place is
No place is safe
No
No place
No place that I
No place I can stay
I'm
I'm leaving
I'm leaving no
I'm leaving no trace
I'm
I'm on
I'm on my
I'm on my way
No place is safe, no place I can stay
I'm leaving no trace, I'm on my way
Today there are three, tomorrow it's two
I'm the last one, chasing the sun
No
No place
No place is safe
No place I can stay
I'm
I'm leaving
I'm leaving no trace
I'm on my way
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3. |
The Chase
05:02
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Death stares at me
Peers from the pines
Birds silence beaks
Deer run from the creek
Im in a clear
Under the sun
Nowhere to go
Nowhere to run
Take a deep breath
Dig my hooves in the dirt
Now I can see
Death stares at me
She lays in the grass
She lays fast and proud
I feel so slow
And she pounces out
She runs like the wind
Four steps at a time
She is closing in
And I look down
I have not took a step
I'm moving slow
I have to go
Before I die, Before I die
I have to go before I die
My first step was quick
I'm faster than I think
Here comes the creek
I leap through with two leaps
And she jumped over the whole thing
Her hungers strong and my will is weak
My will is weak, my will is weak
Her hungers strong and my will is weak
And I see a fox hiding in a hole
And i see the owl soaring in the breeze
And why wont the bear come out of his cave
And I see my faun staring down at me
And I'm on my own nowhere to run
There goes the moon, here comes the sun
Then I reached the cliff, that over looks the lake
I can either jump, or turn around and wait
I will wait
I will turn around, I will turn around and wait
And she was only steps behind
My plans to move but do I have time
She was in the air
And I could smell her breath
I moved aside she fell to her death
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4. |
The Rabbit
04:41
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You run from the hungry bear
With it's grizzly growl, it's deadly stare
You run from the rabid dog
With it's bloody teeth, it's matted hair
You run and run and run and run
All your life, every day
But now, they know, your hiding place
It's time to stand, time to play
And no, forget your fears
Forget your fears, of yesterday
First you saw the hungry bear
She took an eye, and some hair
Then you saw the rabid dog, she took a leg
Choked on the bone and ran away
And as you stand here crippled now
Your heart is strong, your futures clear
And now, I'm the alpha male
It's my forest now, if you couldn't tell
And you monsters, you should be afraid
Of the rabbit with one leg, and the cotton tail
Cause I will terrorize your lives
I will come and steal your food, and keep you up at night
I will come and take your babes
Take them to my rabbit hole
And I'll make them slaves
I'll make them dig for days
Make them dig for days
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5. |
The Deer
04:28
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Oh my doe my deer
I saw you being chased by the lion
The lion in the clear
I froze, I froze and watched you run
I watched you disappear
In the woods behind the sun
I wonder where you've gone
I wonder where you've been
I wonder if it's love
I wonder if it's sin
I would follow you if I could
If the tables turned I know you would
Your far from home
You must be tired
Are you alone
Out with the wild
Come back to me
I need you so
My legs are skinny
But my hooves are sharp
The slightest noise will scare me
And I'll run away because I'm smart
And you won't catch me, cause I run too fast
I'll hide behind some granite
And you'll run right past
Let's stop to eat some grass
And smell the lavender plants
I'm far from home
I'm getting tired
I'm all alone
Out with the wild
Come back to me
I need you so
Come back to me
I need you so
Come back to me
I need you so
Come back to me
I need you so
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6. |
The Fox
05:01
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The moss is damp with the morning dew
I fell asleep to coyote's howl
The grass is trampled and the poppies few
I still hear the heart broken owl
Theres something different with the morning air
Differents bad and it's always strange
If you were here I know that we would share
I count on you to understand my pain
I still don't know the reasons why
I blame myself for being weak
I feel like you didn't even try
Come back to me so that we can speak
Stay low so they wont find you
Breathe slow they're right behind you
Don't grow the sun can't shine through
Let's not come this way again
Stay low so they wont find you
Breathe slow they're right behind you
Don't grow the sun can't shine through
Let's not come this way again
A week has passed now and as I wake
I stretch my paws and my stomach roars
My leg is tattered I can feel the breaks
I need your help I'm on the floor
It broke your heart when rabbit took our pups
The snow is coming I'll need to go
If I don't then I'll be stuck
And I fear you'll be on your own
I hear the howls echo off the rocks
Cover my ears and I close my eyes
In the morning I will start to walk
I will find you, I hope your alive
Stay low so they wont find you
Breathe slow they're right behind you
Don't grow the sun can't shine through
Let's not come this way again
Stay low so they wont find you
Breathe slow they're right behind you
Don't grow the sun can't shine through
Let's not come this way again
A month has passed and the snow has come
My bodies cold and the valleys dim
I lay here with our only son
He's grown so much since you've seen him
He brought me food and he fixed my leg
Every night we sing to the moon
He said he found you and your ok
And that you will be here soon
In the morning you were standing there
With our daughter's paw on your paw
You said you loved me in the morning air
That's the story I leave on the wall
Stay low so they wont find you
Breathe slow they're right behind you
Don't grow the sun can't shine through
Let's not come this way again
Stay low so they wont find you
Breathe slow they're right behind you
Don't grow the sun can't shine through
Let's not come this way again
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7. |
The Bear
05:15
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Woke up from my sleep
The flowers in bloom
Walked east to the creek
I'll be home soon
Stopped in the meadow
To visit the deer
But the meadow was concrete
And the deer wasn't there
Alone I am, alone I feel
Alone in this meadow
In the air standing still
And as I looked around at all of the trees
I noticed the bee hives were missing their bees
I noticed the sounds of leaves falling was gone
What is wrong, I'm standing alone
And I can not hear the falling leaves song
With my heart beating quick
I heard coyote's howl
So I ran for the oak tree
To talk to the owl
But the oak tree was missing
Owls nowhere to be seen
I guess I'll go ask the salmon
That swim up the stream
Alone I am, alone I feel
Alone by this oak tree
In the air standing still
And when I got there the rivered run dry
I noticed the skyline was missing the sky
I noticed the sounds of frogs croaking was gone
What is wrong, I'm standing alone
And I can not hear the waterfalls song
And this can't be right
This has to be wrong, this is wrong, this is wrong
And I can't go on
So I sat on a stump, on a stump, on a stump
And there I just sat
Till the sun went down and the sky turned to black
And there I just sat
Till the sun came up again, nothings changed
Surrounded by feathers
And pieces of eggs
I shouldn't have slept for so long
Maybe I could have done something for some of my friends
But where have they gone
They've gone somewhere else
They had to save themselves
Who took them from me
Who took my home
And why am I, why am I, why am I all alone
Alone, alone, alone, alone
Alone, alone, alone, alone
And I don't think I can go on this way
I don't think this is the place I should stay
I dont think I'll hear my cubs sing their song
What is wrong
I'm walking alone
And I don't think, that I'm, that I'm
That I'm coming home
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8. |
The Flood
04:41
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The air wasn't wet
The river was low
And theres one salmon swimming alone
The leaves from the trees
Won't pad our knees
As we're digging for food in the ground
The grass was all dry from the sun in the sky
And there's not one cloud overhead
I went to the chief
In search of relief
He said we must dance all night long
So under the moon in the middle of June
We danced and we sang our proud song
We danced for five days singing our praise
That quickley turned to cursing the sun
In our song
And we danced
And we danced and
We just kept on dancing
Rain started to fall
We sung our songs louder
And stomped our feet harder
It started to pour
And rain covered the floor
And the river got high, the river got high
The river, the river, the river got high
And it poured over the sides
And the smoke from the sweat house turned white
And the children cried
And the squaw took them up on her side
And she ran for the ground that was high
And she said coyote please
Only take me
Leave the trees and their seeds
My life has been long
They sang the wrong song
And she danced
And she danced
And looked up to the sky
And looked the storm in it's eye
And a wave came up high
A wave came up high
The wave, the wave, the wave came too high
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Awahnichi Merced, California
Awahnichi (RC) achieves a rare victory for true storytellers with poetic tales of sorrow and beauty. The songs are patient,
tender and simple. Capturing crowds with the profound meaning of the stories he shares.
RC has played with Pinback, Islands, Y La Bamba, Dave Dondero, Willy Tea, Mira, Decemberists, Xiu Xiu, Mount Erie, Black Heart Procession, Deerhoof, Cave Singers, Lord Huron, and more.
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