Circus Freak
I met him at the circus in the sideshow ring. He was the main attraction of the day, or at least he was to me. / They called him the Wolfman. They said he was filled with rage. But he looked at me affectionately as he chewed through the bars of his cage. / You know sometimes I think it’s a shame the only boy I ever loved never told me his name. Oh Circus Freak, I love you just the same. / He showed me ‘round the bigtop, and where the lions and tigers stay. We ate raw meat and pulled trucks with our teeth until the end of the day. / And as the moon was rising above the ferris wheel lights he cradled my head in his paws and he said that he’d love me the rest of his life. / I woke up in the morning and the wagons had rolled away. They’d taken away my true love in a cage, and I’m waiting for him to this day.
Recorded in two weeks in the hills of Mount Tamalpais, these songs travel through everyday monotony to the sublime and beautiful. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 5, 2016
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