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Salt Woman

from Elephant Skeleton EP by Tiger Mimic

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A tune about people's different ways of handling loss.

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There, petrified and forgotten,
Like the salt woman of Sodom,
The vines slowly grow
As they swallow her whole
And yet she makes no effort to stop them.
Til a silhouette's all that is left,
A shadow completely bereft
Of the possession
Of any expression
That anyone there can detect.

The man who's the man in the moon
Lives alone in an unadorned room.
He may be away
For the rest of the day
But be sure that he's coming back soon.
And the tiniest dagger of light
Is curved as the poisonous bite
Of the snake in the grass
By the side of the path
But engraved in the mantle of night.

All the days have passed
You're the last to stand
There's no one left to hold you back
And so you wait and you pray for a soul
To appear and then you can both pretend
It's all worked out, he'll understand
He's here to serve and you'll rule 'til the end

The broken up bottles across
The ground where you casually toss
Them to their death
While you carefully step
To avoid all the chaos you've caused.
The slivers of green glass and brown
They glint like insects all around
Fragments of wings
And antennas and things
Though the species will never be found.









And he slipped away on the wind
Through the grass on the hill, tall and thin,
Away to the sea
Past the waves and the beach
Farther still than he ever had been.
And after the passing of days
He met a familiar face
On the welcoming sand
of a faraway land
Like he'd always been part of this place.

All the days have passed
You're the last to stand
There's no one left to hold you back
And so you wait and you pray for a soul
To appear and then you can both pretend
It's all worked out, he'll understand
He's here to serve and you'll rule 'til the end

credits

from Elephant Skeleton EP, track released January 19, 2018
Recorded and performed by Tiger Mimic
Produced and mixed by Matt Lawrence
Assistant Engineer Tom Archer
Mastered at Metropolis Studios London by Hippy.

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Tiger Mimic London, UK

Tiger Mimic are Jess, Bram, Ben and George. Formed in late 2018, they've been bringing their distinctive sonic style to stages, airwaves, and on the page ever since. Known for their energetic and dynamic performances and a fearlessly eclectic sound, they've had incredible support from BBC Introducing, John Kennedy, Amazing Radio, Louder Than War, God Is In The TV, and more. ... more

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