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the kraken

by katie dey

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koa
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koa thank u for everything. it means so much to me. cant stop crying while trying to sing along and that is helping so much. beautiful. Favorite track: the kraken.
bilr0se
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bilr0se Seriously beautiful. I have listened to this countless times and will listen to it countless more. Favorite track: when god lets my body be.
princess
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princess this is rly nice thank u katie Favorite track: her sweet weight.
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thesunnyone Heard this in Jacob Gellar's "Fear Of Big Things Underwater" and literally just created an account to buy the album.

It's beautiful, calming, melancholic, and just...nice to listen to. Favorite track: the kraken.
lauralauralauralovesyou
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lauralauralauralovesyou bjork yassification era Favorite track: the kraken.
Dan
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Dan I'm always excited for new music from katie but when I realised the title track was based on the tennyson my jaw dropped. It's beautiful, thank you. Favorite track: the kraken.
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the kraken 03:25
below the thunders of the upper deep, (far) far beneath in the abysmal sea, his ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee about his shadowy sides; above him swell huge sponges of millennial growth and height; and far away into the sickly light, from many a wondrous grot and secret cell unnumbered and enormous polypi winnow with giant arms the slumbering green. there hath he lain for ages, and will lie battening upon huge sea worms in his sleep, until the latter fire shall heat the deep; then once by man and angels to be seen, in roaring he shall rise and on the surface die. - alfred lord tennyson
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her sweet weight on my heart a night had scarcely deigned to lie — when, stirring, for belief's delight, my bride had slipped away — if 'twas a dream — made solid — just the heaven to confirm — or if myself were dreamed of her — the power to presume — with him remain — who unto me — gave — even as to all — a fiction superseding faith — by so much — as 'twas real — - emily dickinson
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when god lets my body be from each brave eye shall sprout a tree fruit that dangles therefrom the purpled world will dance upon between my lips which did sing a rose shall beget the spring that maidens whom passion wastes will lay between their little breasts my strong fingers beneath the snow into strenuous birds shall go my love walking in the grass their wings will touch with her face and all the while shall my heart be with the bulge and nuzzle of the sea - ee cummings
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say no to armageddon some day we might get them i'll be armed to the last minute and everything but us is shining ripping through our stomach lining we'll look up to discover the truth that revealed itself a door to someone's heart opening up somewhere beyond a gaping monitor a waterfall of despair the sweat of god will pour ceaselessly, ceaselessly
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- "the kraken" adapted from a poem by alfred lord tennyson
commissioned for jacob geller's video "fear of big things underwater"
- "her sweet weight" adapted from a poem by emily dickinson which is maybe or maybe not public domain (?) ... either way , no snitching !
- "when god lets my body be" adapted from a poem by ee cummings
- "few hours later" originally appeared on radiating light comp 2016

u can get both this and "forever music" in mp3 format for $1 USD if u feel compelled to support me on patreon at patreon.com/katiedey

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released October 3, 2022

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