The Ever-Present Slump

from Bears Will Eat Their Young by Whatthe Animalssay

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This might be my favourite track on the album. When I wrote it I had been staying with my mother in her small town for about two months and my brain had turned to mush. I was able to use her bicycle to go to the shops but there was little else beyond that. I was heading to South East Asia in only a few weeks and was restless with anticipation and wanderlust. This song was written by a housebound animal banging its head against a wall.

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Knick-Knacks; I learn my facts from bottle caps. Thumb my way, thumb my way through wall maps. I walk the floors, watch DVDs and drink good tea but four walls, four walls can get lonely.
Register, register every mundane motion that I've acted out, I'll leave here tweaked, ready for blood, I'll talk no stop, craving to register, register.
The ever-present slump is holding me so closely.
Register every mundane motion that I've acted out, I'll leave here tweaked, ready for blood, I'll talk no stop craving to register, register, register, register.
Thank God, thank God for the bicycle, now I have no one to occupy. Demons want, demons want to be my friend and I've renounced enough to oblige.

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from Bears Will Eat Their Young, track released January 1, 2010
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Whatthe Animalssay Berlin, Germany

Traveling Gonzo Composer/duo. Forty-One Countries tapped for inspiration. Traveling with a micro studio, a microphone and an acoustic guitar, composing and uploading where and when possible. Songs written freely from Iceland to Togo without the constraints of industry. ... more

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