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The White Darkness

by Nicholas Hoell

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A song about Henry Worsley. Inspired by the Atlantic article of the same name.

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Map making and hunting birds
Hilltops drop like forgotten thirds
By endurance we will conquer the Earth.

Upside down with ambition
A couple false starts and spots of indecision
I guess I've given all I've got to her

Oh, it must be good to be forgotten
It's wonderful to be here
In my last lonely steer.

Passing the brass flask to stay warm
Clasping all the flaps for the storm
Nothing much to see here but ice.

Hunker down here and bundle up
All ground just now is ours here to grub
You know, I never could make much sense out of life.

Oh, it must be good to be forgotten
It's wonderful to be here
In my last lonely steer.

Some songs I guess they just write themselves
And some lies our eyes cannot ever tell
So just give a kiss to the queen for me

This place is so large, larger than life
Dear God, I swear it's like being eaten alive
But by Endurance we shall conquer the Earth

Oh, it must be good to be forgotten
It's wonderful to be here
In my last lonely steer.

So when times get tough and the tough get going
With mile high skies and blizzards blowing
You know I'll die like a man.

Just carry me home in a rusty crate
Tell you what, nothing's ever lost except lost to fate
And goddamn it I'll die like a man

Oh, it must be good to be forgotten
It's wonderful to be here
In my last lonely steer.

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released December 24, 2018
Written, performed, and recorded by Nicholas Hoell. Used a handmade Brian Luckworth amp and lots of random guitars.

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