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The Howling Man

by American Rifle

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1.
When I was a young boy I made a plot to cover the sun And when the whole world cried out to me for mercy I'd make them pay for the awful things they had done It was simple, elementary You bring the cash and I'll give you a piece of my treasure It was foolproof, It was easy It was written in me since the moment of conception I am the child of man The boy who blotted out the sun I created the daylight And I will dictate when daylight is done All hail the throne forever Bow down, stay away All the weeping and gnashing of teeth outside Should never enter this holy place Set the boundaries, mark the regions Keep them separate, keep them distant I am one step from taking back everything That I so graciously gave back to you at a discount I am the child of man The boy who blotted out the sun I created the daylight And I will dictate when daylight is done.
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Watching the sunset from behind a cellar door I watch the moon rise out of the night I watch the fog roll from out of the trees It's a magical night Such a magical evening Ghost's and Ghoul's and Goblin's And the creatures from the deep Crawl out from underneath the floorboards They cut and tear, they have their way with me And I watch my body rot from this severed head Thats rolling out the door Give it a week or two they'll find my body Wrapped around the trees Suddenly everything turns and laughs Slow like hysterical machines These walls are shaking This room is warped It seems like I'm falling apart at the seams We are the things that were And shall be again We live still.
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Blue Tongue 02:57
I was 13 years old the first time that I tried Wrapped my head in a bag and I tied it on tight So there I sat waiting, pretending to die No I wasn't quite ready, I just cried and I cried And I undid the knots, and I put the bag off And I couldn't quite speak, twisted open the locks Then I heard a voice screaming, it was inside my head It said "son, you aren't ready for this." I was too young to be a killer I was too close to my mother's womb Well I've been having this dream The same one every time that I close my eyes Yes, I die every night It starts with me waking up all alone There I am in the kitchen, till i notice something's wrong There is blood on the carpet, blood on the couch It runs out to the pavement, it starts in my mouth It keeps running and running from the back of my throat Then it stops and suddenly I choke Oh my god, I've been waiting for this moment I've been waiting for this moment my whole life And sometimes things don't work out right Sometimes I just can't get it right, not tonight, not tonight
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Howl 03:58
I watched you fall Out from the sky In the black of night You were a brush stroke of white light And down you fell Landed in my arms With your perfect eyes You were pure, you were true, you were strong And I felt love for the first time like rushing waters run I felt your hands interlocked with mine I'm looking at my hands And I look back at yours Why are mine so stained, and burned, and blistered, and torn You see that was then And this is now Since the days of the fall I have learned to shrink back, I've learned to howl But I need you, under water, your the air that fills my lungs You were my queen, could you still be So sleep well darling, and don't dream of me tonight Maybe when morning comes you'll walk among the sunlight and the trees They'll take you far from me. I'm scared, I'm scared, I've lost all sense of direction The 76 bows and bends, my eyes are still closed My hands are getting tired, the wheel slips away This is it, this is it, que sera, sera Que sera, sera

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Mixed and mastered by Tory Bader
Album art courtesy of Jack & Hannah Film and Photography
All songs written by Jonathan Mueller and Lukas Weiss
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released August 8, 2014

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