Cannibal (week 12)

Alright, so this one isn't new. In fact, this is an old, old song-- one of many that never seemed to fly the nest into my regular repertoire. It popped into my head this week because even though I can't remember what year I wrote it, I know I wrote it during early Spring. Most songs that I write in the Spring instantly stick. I think it's because they have to be hardy to survive. Anyway, I changed the tempo and general feel of this song significantly for this recording, just to see what might happen. Paired with various seafaring footage, all of which I found at pexels.com. Hope you enjoy it: 

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Cannibal
Can of worms and silver hooks
stake your place along the pier
hiss and click of a long cast
let out all your line
there's plenty of catch out here

Hero, oh hero, look at you now
Hero, oh no, can we just go back to you threading the line
with your big gentle hands

Cannibal you eat your own
stake your claims and guard them well
hammer down, the fatal blow
let out all your rage
there's plenty of lies to tell

Hero, oh hero...

Larger than life how you grow small
in my mind, in my mind's eye

Low tide has a tale to tell
of a shipwreck just south of here
the captain lashed himself to the mast
as it went down, down, down, down, down

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