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Tell The Captain

from Seven Whistlers by SLABS

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lyrics

Tell the Captain
Who the Jonah is.

Turn homeward bound.
Toward the sea
Freedom from the fleet
Isolation’s what we need.

Turn homeward bound.
Away from shore,
Where drones drop bombs
Where an eagle soared.

Tell the Captain
Who the Jonah is.

Outside the officers mess
Laughter at the door.
Molestation, tax evasion
And other jokes d'jour.

In the crew’s quarters
There are tweets and moans
Sprung leaks - liked and shared
But they never make it home.

Tell the Captain
Who the Jonah is.

On the lower decks
It's a fucking mess
Below the water we won't invest
A hull rotted to the core

Stores packed and locked.
Bloated men in uniforms
Command the sea to boil and froth,
As we sail for the storm.

Tell the Captain
Who the Jonah is.

Migrant skulls crack off the bow
Our wake brings dead children ashore.
Fore to aft is what we know
“Its gonna be great” - rest assured.

Tell the Captain
Who the Jonah is.

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from Seven Whistlers, released April 4, 2019

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SLABS London, UK

Est. 2012. Purveyors of ‘Space Jazz’ and other absurdities. SLABS are James Whyard (bass) and Samuel Mathews (drums).

Dark compositions doused in blackened drones and fizzing bass, hammer the listener into a unique and often disorientating aural journey before emerging in unknown alien vistas.

A Mouth of Gold artist. ... more

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