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DINOCORE

by Paul Otteson

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1.
Why so sad baby brother Why so blue Is it that we’re strange and different Me and you Some say we got it from our Mother But I think, Papa, too It’s a gift we’ll carry on forever Me and you
2.
In silken shadow On orange rust meadow There lies the shape of A name a place of Possibility Would you tether me To the feathery gown, oh Heather I’ve lost my mind to The sun and fresh dew Upon your skin, oh And countless sins, oh Do you bathe your horns in A quill pulled poison For I feel this drunkenness Is all I have left Possibility Would you tether me To the feathery gown, oh Heather I’ve lost my mind to The sun and fresh dew Upon your skin, oh And countless sins, oh
3.
Had a dream you were near Had a dream there were no fears Or sad goodbyes from your sighing eyes Just a hand to hold Just a promise to not grow old Until our parting ends And our memories mend When the pack returns in two years And the migrant journeys cease Will you awkward smile, your new crest adorned Or whisper something sweet When the pack returns in two years And the migrant journeys cease Will you awkward smile, your new crest adorned Or whisper something sweet Had a wish that came true Had a wish to never see you
4.
Remember me as the link There’s a strength in my wings I can fly I can sing My Father’s Father he ran and strayed Across the land and far away But I never never never never never never never never never never never never Heard him say What to run from Why we should take flight If there’s a darkness That the sun can’t fight Remember me as the link There’s a magic in my heart I can reach the heavens I can reach the stars I can run from I can take flight If there’s a darkness That the sun can’t fight
5.
Oliver, Oliver, don’t you let yourself go There are harder days to come The king has called a feast Of the slow and the weak So, Oliver, Oliver, don’t you let yourself go Your eggs are safe But you must, you must Remain awake, awake Stay, stay, stay, stay, won’t you stay so still The boys are out with orders to kill The moon is at it’s peak And the light can barely reach Stay, stay, stay, stay, won’t you stay so still Your eggs are safe But you must, you must Remain awake, awake
6.
I still think of you From time to time Though your blade is drawn now For my eyes I’ve allotted hours In solitude Scratched your name Near open tide You remember when Oh, shimmer sea I held you close And asked to be More than a fright To the unannounced A canon, love Your harmony Searching sail, tender sail ‘Neath the green of the deep Swimming hard, torchered tale In the darkness, I withered, keep I only ask To see your face And favored lines I used to trace Like paths along The hinterlands I everlong For your embrace Searching sail, tender sail ‘Neath the green of the deep Swimming hard, torchered tale In the darkness, I withered, keep
7.
Sarah, won’t you lay your armor down You are so much more, than a herbivore Turn around, that whimsical frown Sarah, you’re a queen with a mean streak Still, I love your tail, fully equipped with nails Girl, you’ll never find a need And when we grow old and die Let’s promise not to cry, my baby
8.
Why so much lava? Why so much pain? Is it true this mountain holds the Fiery, fiery reins Towers in the morning Ashes by the night Could it be this mountain’s burning Burning for a fight Burning for a fight Burning for a fight It killed our Grandpa Quincy And our Father Quade Baby there’s no returning From that magma grave I call upon my Brothers And my Sisters too Gotta join our wings to end this Bloody, bloody flume Bloody, bloody flume Bloody, bloody flume
9.
She spoke In fragments between Subtle flesh on the beam That she broke How her claws In the lime, light the way Through the pines and The smoke In the forest, forest, forest I awoke In the forest, forest, forest I awoke Only to find that the flesh it was mine I awoke In the forest, forest, forest I awoke In the forest, forest, forest I awoke Only to find that the flesh it was mine I awoke
10.
I am king of nothing Holding fast to my last breath All the stars I marveled at Have been taken from the sky Though it stays forever night No more need to prey This whole town has passed away And the earth it screams Like it’s bursting at the seams Friends once roamed this forest Blood lust turned to dead rest All the sights and sounds missed Drowned by a constant singing Death’s bells they are a ringing No more need to prey This whole town has passed away And the earth it screams Like it’s bursting at the seams I am king of nothing

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released March 26, 2019

released March 26, 2019

All songs written and recorded by Paul Otteson

All songs mixed and mastered by Nathan Edwards

Dinosaur paintings by Cassie Marie Edwards

Album layout by Paul Otteson

Paul Otteson - Vocals, Soprano Ukulele, Baritone Ukulele, Banjo, Auxiliary Percussion

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