Song for an Orca

from First Look Demo by Kat and Mouse

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Oh Mother
Take your time
We're all grieving
But it's yours to decide
When to let go
When to move on
When to stop hoping
That your baby ain't gone
Let's just agree
on one thing
No one's in charge
Of this hellish machine
I'm sorry you got caught in the blast
I swear we didn't mean to do that
The life we cling so dearly to
Is just a manifestation of you

Oh Mother
Let me cry
Let me feel joyous
Just don't tell me I've died
I just want to scream
I want you to hear me
Hear my lungs laughing
While I fade into life

I can't say the pain won't last
But soon this will all be in the past
We're all just tied up in the flow
And can't control the way that we go

Oh Mother
You're not alone
Oh Mother
You're not alone
Oh Mother
You're not alone

Oh Mother we are not the first
And we won't be the last I'm sure
That every twilight has it's dusk
And all the cars will turn to rust
And every play has one last bow
And every burger had a cow
And all my shoes will loose their souls
And every sweater gets a hole
Every heart will stop it's ache
And every chain that binds will break
Every lyric that I sing
Will ring and ring and ring and ring.

Oh Mother
Take your time
We're all grieving
But it's yours to decide

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from First Look Demo, released January 1, 2019
Written and performed by Katie and Mousey

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Kat and Mouse Seattle, Washington

Thank you for checking out Kat and Mouse! We hope you enjoy our first demo. We live in Seattle, WA and perform lots in the Pacific North West. We would love to come and play at your house, local park, pizza shop, bar, venue, birthday party, yard, bowling alley, back shed, library, coffee shop, gas station, work function wherever. Let us know where you want us to show up and we will try to make it ... more

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