Hawk Moth

Story Behind The Song

The song is about the death of a close family member.

Song Description

Smooth sounding finger style acoustic, fol song.

Song Length 3:25 Genre Folk - Alternative, Folk - Country
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Depressing, Heartbreaking Subject Sadness, Doom
Similar Artists Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

A River sprang up then ran dry,
At the spot where you died,
I told you i'd stop by,
Well here am i

Crouched in the dirt on the bank i cursed
The black eyes of chance,
And offered up my thanks,
And watched as they sang

You've been volunteered to forswear your hawk-mothed breath
For the good of none while stray cats gorge themselves fat
On the scraps from your bones,
That they crack for marrow

Idol i scrape back the grass,
Composed your epitaph
The first was old and crass
They told it fast

Brave yet arrested by fear,
In your twenty-eigth year,
The life i held so dear,
Was ended here

You've been volunteered to forswear your hawk-mothed breath
For the good of none while stray cats gorge themselves fat
On the scraps from your bones,
That they crack for marrow

Lyrics Toby Gawne Music Toby Gawne
Producer Toby Gawne Publisher Toby Gawne
Performance Toby Gawne Label Toby Gawne

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