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How Are We Doing And Who Will Tell Us?

Ultima Thule

Record Details

Artist
Jack O' The Clock
Release
January 21, 2011

Music and lyrics by Damon Waitkus

Lyrics

Bring me a knife and bring a whetstone,
batten down the door.
We’re going to forget this empty night
before we find a shore.
Back of my home I dug a hole
and found this tangled knot of wood.
I needed to leave a little scar
before I left for good.

Violent ocean, barren coastline.
Where are all the living things?
Somewhere beneath the surface
within their suffering.
I’ve got to put my hand to something
when I am on the sea.
I”m hoping to find the little man
that sleeps inside the tree.

“In your harbor for a while, we lower our sails.”

If you believe a timid wooden god
could float in on the tide,
look into this desolation
and find a fireside,
Then I will take this warship in,
lash it to the rings,
and trust all my days remaining
to the will of the silent things.

“In your harbor for a while, we lower our sails.”

[refrain borrowed from H.W. Longfellow]

Personnel

DW – voice, acoustic guitar, hammer dulcimer, percussion
EP – banjo
KM – bassoon, voice
JH – acoustic and electric basses
JG – glockenspiel, drums
Nicci Reisnour – harp, melodica

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