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Heard a little story ramblin’ through the south
It came straight from the jaws of a coyote’s mouth
And the way he barked it out was kinda roundabout,
I’m not sure I caught the meaning but the word was out
He said his grandfather had tracked the man-prey,
And when the man come, you better run away
Stories of fire and weapons like thunder
There was no discretion where there was plunder
(There’s nothin’ left to sunder)

And the smoke from my fire drew a picture of fear
I saw man versus man, what the wild things fear
The meal on his breath could not match the smell,
Of the bodies that rotted in that vision of hell

Turned my back to the sun when morning came
Chasin’ evenin’ for weeks, I forgot my name
I stole from my fathers, I stole from their slaves
‘Til they exiled me to a Mojave grave
(There’s only sand to save)

And the smoke from my fire draws a picture of fear
I see man versus man, what the wild things fear
The beer on my breath cannot match the smell
Of the hell I’m forgetting or a coyote’s yell

Took 25 years but I’ve come of age
And I’m old enough now to know the cold blue rage,
Of cactus nights and scorpion peels
And that old coyote still runnin’ at my heels
(And what he got he steals)

Couldn’t keep me in sand, so I’ll ride again,
Find an oasis that don’t vanish when
I kneel at its pond in the judgment dawn
Then I’ll quit this sinnin’ I swear it on my gun
(My story’s just begun)

And the smoke from my fire draws a picture of fear
I see man versus man, what the wild things fear
The star in the west will lead me to hell
Where i’ll rot with them bodies where the coyotes yell

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from New Very Strange Songs, released December 6, 2019

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Bless Your Heart Asheville, North Carolina

Vigilance and Sunn Sett take cues from classic country songwriting and immerse them in the textures of shoegaze and post-rock, using this palette to reconcile southern and queer identities.

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