Carry On, Carrion

by @apauls

Liner Notes

I don’t know what to say about this other than I liked the way the words sound together. It became sort of a fever dream where the decomposers in the food chain are anthropomorphic and kind of sarcastic. I dunno… I just went with it!

As is typical of the first tune for FAWM, I did a LOT of layers. Not entirely sure I like the mix on this one, but that’s easy enough to tweak.

This is for all you vultures…

#death #carrion #vulture #cheery #folk_rock #upbeat

Lyrics

Lyrics:

A man crawled through the desert
Out of water, out of time
The top of every dune he climbed had a hotel bar.

And along came a big old buzzard
Saying, “hey, can I lend a hand?”
The man said, “Hey, you don’t have any hands,”
The buzzard said, “I know, it’s a joke.”
And he sang:

CHORUS:
Carry on, carrion
You’ve reached your journey’s end
Bear your body back to the land, man
Carry on.

Carry on, carrion
Your friends will miss you when you’re gone, but
You’ll be a meal for someone’s young
Carry on, carrion

A deer laid by the roadside
Casualty of human speed
When he closed his eyes, he could see the forest and fields

In his ear, he heard a house fly
Asking, “Hey man, are you alright?”
The deer said “Sure, man, I’m doing fine”
Fly said, “That’s what I thought, carry on.”
And he said:

(Chorus)

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