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Creature in the Dark

from Hiraethean Echoes by Gayle Skidmore

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Steinway & Sons piano engineered by Fieke van den Hurk at Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Nederland. Vocals engineered by Gayle Skidmore at The Liger Loft in Hilversum, Nederland.
Lyrics and Music by Gayle Skidmore ©2021.

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Hold your breath

Don't give in yet

Temper your heart with an epithet

Don't loosen your grip or let your eyes slip

Make sure your teeth are set

Hold your ears and cut out the eyes of the creatures you fear

The hounds howl at your heels

We'll head for the hills

For the higher ground

And we'll never come down

And we'll cut at the legs

We'll scratch at the throats of the creatures that cry

That we're not good enough

Because what have they done that's better than us?

Don't turn your back to the open door

Or the wolves will come in with the clever east wind

And don't leave a whole in the back of your head

No room for the liar to let himself in

Hold your ears and cut out the lies of the creatures that cry

The hounds howl at your heels
We'll head for the hills
For the higher ground
And we'll never come down
And we'll scratch at the legs
We'll cut at the throats of the creatures that cry
That we're not good enough
Because what have they done that's better than us?

Don't answer their questions

Don't bow at their throne

Their crown is a shackle

Their prophesy, bones

Don't kneel at their altar

Or the blood will be yours

A cyanide wellspring on a desert march

The hounds howl at your heels
We'll head for the hills
For the higher ground
And we'll never come down
And we'll cut at the legs
We'll scratch at the throats of the creatures that cry
That we're not good enough
Because what have they done that's better than us?
What have they done that's better than us?

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from Hiraethean Echoes, released September 17, 2021
Gayle Skidmore: Piano, Vocals

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Gayle Skidmore Amsterdam, Netherlands

Seven-time San Diego Music Award nominee Gayle Skidmore has written over 2000 songs since she began songwriting at the age of 8. She just won Best Pop in the 2015 San Diego Music awards, and her latest album and coloring book, “Sleeping Bear,” won Best Pop Album in 2014. She won Best Singer-Songwriter in the 2013 San Diego Music Awards, and her song "Paper Box" was featured on HBO's "Looking." ... more

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