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from Nothing in the abyss surprises me by Ripdae La Wise & Carl Yvan Prévil

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Verse 1, by Carl Yvan Prévil: La Destinée avait aidé à créer l’Homme. Mais vint un jouroù elle se sentit mourir. Et elle n’avait pas laissé de descendance – car qu’est-ce qu’elle aurait pu engendrer, sinon elle-même ? Elle se trouva un terrain rempli d’herbes où elle se coucha, et expira pour la dernière fois. Et son corps s’évapora parmi les brindilles.

Verse 2, by Carl Yvan Prévil: Curieux, cet Homme ramassa une des brindilles aplaties par le corps. Il la tint dans ses doigts et la contempla. Il savait que si la brindille avait été touchée avant, la Destinée aurait voulu qu’elle serve à quelque chose là où elle avait été. Mais cet Homme prit la brindille de ses deux mains, et la fendit dans les airs. Il regarda autour de lui. Mais rien ne se passa. Et l’Homme sourit.

« Certainement, se dit-il, je dois être libre. »

Verse 3, by Ripdae La Wise: Hunter, gatherer, scavenger, beast, creator, destroyer, ravager, yeast; rise to the occasion of a decorative feast. So as you cut the skin as a right of passage, the gods want you to sacrifice your whitest cattle. Thank you for calling, thank you for dialing, thank you for being, you and the rest won't be affected by scurvy. Leave that chief, he's no longer your leader, hurry hurry before your creators destroy you with weather.

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from Nothing in the abyss surprises me, released October 27, 2017
Composed & perfomed by Ripdae La Wise.
French guest vocals performed & written by Carl Yvan Prévil.

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