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Big Cats

by M Jones and the Melee

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Well you went to the wild when you lost your stride.
Watch one hungry empire devour another in a fearsome gyre.
Where the river rushes to the sea through those brackish reeds
You went to bury your grief in her fearful symmetry.

Well you went to the wild seeking some sort of self-imposed exile
Deep inside a reckless mood you lost yourself in that solitude
Who was it that saw you wander off between the dunes?
In those wind-whipped brutal hues russet-gold grasses enveloped you
Who watched you try to drown your blues in the shallows there?

Was it all teeth and claws in the tall grass there?
There was a lion there in the tall grass.
Just keep walking on.

Who was it that watched when the birds went silent and the path went dead
When mounting trepidation dissolved into deafening dread
Lines entwined through Bishop pines
His and yours sharply defined
Was it uncomfortable mercy or blinded by ferocious appetites?

It was a lion there in the tall grasses.
All muscle and teeth out there in the tall grass, babe.
Just keep moving on.

Well you fled that wild, great wide open, Shaken.
Pursued by your encounter with a killer Down at the water’s edge
In musing all those memories start blooming
Seeping through the shadows that are looming,
You still feel the blood swooning in the soles of your shoes.

There was a lion there in the tall grass.
Sinew and claws out there in the tall grass.
Hunger and teeth out there in the tall grass.
There was a lion.
There was a lion.
There was a lion.
There was a lion.

credits

released September 2, 2022
Guitar/Lead Vocals - M Jones
Guitar/Backing Vocals - Nick Redmond
Bass/Backing Vocals - Justin Vanegas
Drums/Backing Vocals - Jono Acosta

Recorded at Skyline Studios Oakland, CA

Tracking Engineer - Varun Kejriwal

Mixed by Justin Vanegas

Mastered by Augustine Ortiz

Written by M Jones

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M Jones and the Melee Oakland, California

M. Jones and the Melee is a rock band based out of Oakland, CA.

M. Jones - guitar, vocals, keys
Nick Redmond - guitar, vocals
Justin Vanegas - bass, vocals
Jono Costa - drums

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