Dave Malloy
(Whalesong Interlude (II))
[DAGGOO, SPOKEN]
I guess the vaudeville's over
[TASHTEGO, SPOKEN]
Yeah it was fun while it lasted but we’re heading into strange waters
[DAGGOO]
To be honest, I’m starting to wonder about our captain a bit
[TASHTEGO]
You’re just now starting to wonder?
[DAGGOO]
Ahhhh, we’ll be alright
[DISTANT WHALESONG]
Woooooah what’s that? That’s no humpback
[TASHTEGO]
No, blue whale, a big one, a blue whale song can travel thousands of miles
It’s so low we can’t even hear most of it, we’re just getting the upper edge
[DAGGOO]
Woooah
What’s he saying?
[TASHTEGO]
It’s a song
About the end of the world
[SUNG]
Great dark dying cities
Overrun with weeds and vines
Bones of whales, man, and mastodons
Litter the streets
Turn into dust
Amidst a circus of moths and fleas
Underground a vast mushroom grows
Singing songs of a new world
Songs of when wars are over
[DAGGOO, SPOKEN]
My God
[TASHTEGO, SPOKEN]
Come on, it’s getting late. No lowering for whales after sundown
[DAGGOO]
Right