A Beast Washed Ashore-White Hinterland

[ti:A Beast Washed Ashore] [ar:White Hinterland] [al:Phylactery Factory] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Beast Washed Ashore - White Hinterland [01:04.44]Neath the leaden lid [01:06.67] [01:09.21]I saw your face [01:12.07] [01:17.32]Ashen and pale as you walked away [01:24.64] [01:26.00]And I stayed behind [01:28.31] [01:29.24]Oh where did you go [01:31.04] [01:32.93]Dearest friend of mine [01:36.13] [01:47.28]Can you recall the lurid scene of savagery [01:56.22] [01:59.71]The sea beast belly up and beached [02:05.41] [02:06.32]Twice as long as a seven mast ship [02:10.86] [02:12.23]They took him apart with pliers and a crane [02:16.35] [02:16.94]Oh they took him apart though it took several days [02:21.88] [02:22.67]And they took him apart and the towns people came [02:28.15] [02:29.12]And chit chattered away [02:34.82] [02:50.04]The sky that night seemed lacerated [02:57.41] [03:01.59]Each cloud a con contusion [03:09.37] [03:13.10]Some wade in the water to wash his bones off [03:18.37]I wade in the water and I watch 'em [03:23.31] [03:23.93]Then they stack him up on a pushcart [03:28.52] [03:30.35]Haul him off to the maritime museum [03:36.32] [03:50.19]The horizon boasts a widowed light [03:55.86]That punches pinholes 'tween the sycamores and pines [04:01.46]And through the sodden bogs I make my way back home [04:08.58] [04:24.23]The biddies of the town can chew this tale down [04:30.15]And gnaw it into skeletal scraps 'til fiction is fact [04:36.95] [04:40.98]See the truckling trees bare in the air [04:44.98]But for struggling kites [04:46.55]Oh his bones are bleached laid out on the truck [04:51.23] [04:51.97]And his teeth are brushed and his mouth is shut [04:57.13]And his bones are tied with twine and screws [05:02.18] [05:03.56]Put on poles hoisted up in a room [05:08.74] [05:16.07]I recall looking once 'neath your lids [05:25.56] [05:28.33]To a universe full of starts [05:33.25] [05:34.65]And the days drag on awfully long [05:41.04]When you're not one who can carry on [05:45.40] [05:47.70]Chit chattering away [05:50.01] [05:51.01]Chit chattering away [05:52.77] [05:53.47]Chit chattering away [05:57.44] [06:04.99]Chit chattering away